On the night before the 2026 midterm elections, Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis harshly rebuked the Trump administration and the Republican-controlled Congress, saying that "the swamp is the worst it's ever been."
DeSantis sat down with sports broadcaster Stephen A. Smith for an interview Monday in Washington, D.C. The governor criticized Republicans for ignoring high gas prices and "gaslighting" voters over the Iran War, but he also went after former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, whose appointment he called a "mistake," and bashed MAGA lawyer Alina Habba's multi-million-dollar deal with a Venezuelan billionaire weeks before he was pardoned by President Donald Trump. (RELATED: They Said They Would Drain The Swamp. They're Laughing, Playing In The Muck)
Governor DeSantis BLASTS Kristi Noem for bungling mass deportations and turning it into a shit show for her own glory.
— Chris Nelson 🏝️🇺🇸 (@ReOpenChris) November 3, 2026
DeSantis BLASTS Congressmen like Byron Donalds for making millions on the stock market.
DeSantis BLASTS Alina Habba for getting a million government… pic.twitter.com/4JpdATW5Fx
"The amount of money these people are making who are in the administration," DeSantis lamented. "Trump was criticizing Alina Habba. She's working for DOJ, and she gets a $10-million-a-year contract and then the guy that gave it to her got a presidential pardon somehow."
He also urged Republicans to tackle political corruption by banning Congress from trading stocks and implementing term limits. (RELATED: US Political Corruption Rears Its Ugly Head, Slaps Americans Straight Across The Face: Crypto Edition)
"If the people in office don't display some civic virtue about public service as a sacrifice. It's not to use the public office for private gain. We see so much of that in D.C. right now," DeSantis said, arguing that if Democrats retake the House and Senate, they will focus on corruption investigations rather than issues like immigration.
"We have got to be a party that recognizes we don't want this stuff happening in D.C. We have a higher calling to behave well," DeSantis went on. "I declined the pension in Congress. I declined the health care. I didn't trade the stocks. And I believe in congressional term limits." (RELATED: Conflict Of Interest? Adelsons, Big Business Bankroll Trump's Ballroom)
"Imagine if you went to the American people and actually tried to get that done. That's not right or left. That's something that a lot of people realize. These guys work for themselves. They should be working for you," he said.
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