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Former Republican Florida Governor Charlie Crist has called for Governor Ron DeSantis to investigate the state’s ties to the Capitol riot after numerous Floridians were arrested in connection to the incident.
Crist, a Democratic Florida representative who’s running for governor in 2022, made the remarks during a press conference at the Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg on Friday. Crist previously served as the 44th governor of Florida from 2007 to 2011 as a Republican.
The gubernatorial candidate added: “So today, I’m calling on Governor Ron DeSantis to use the power of his office to immediately issue an executive order to create a non-partisan state commission to investigate the connection between violent extremists with ties to Florida and the insurrection of January 6.”
Crist announced plans to run against DeSantis next year in May. As he launched his campaign, the candidate also stated that he plans to encourage DeSantis to address further questions about the 2020 presidential election and former President Donald Trump‘s baseless claim that the election was “stolen” from him, which led to his supporters storming the Capitol on January 6.
On Friday, Crist said “the governor needs to answer the following questions: Do you acknowledge that Joe Biden is our duly elected president? Do you agree that the violent assault on our nation’s Capitol was the very definition of an insurrection itself? And finally, governor, do you support an independent, non-partisan commission to investigate that insurrection?”
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Article URL : https://www.newsweek.com/ex-florida-gop-governor-urges-desantis-probe-ties-capitol-riot-state-leads-arrests-1602307