Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis visited Ground Zero in New York City on Monday, speaking with multiple families who lost loved ones during the Islamic terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
In a statement released after the trip, the Florida governor said that it was an honor to join the families on the 22nd anniversary of the attack.
“And now decades later, we as a nation still owe full transparency and accountability to these grieving families,” he said. “Yet too many politicians have broken past promises to them, and that is wholly unacceptable.”
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DeSantis said that “any plea deal” that federal prosecutors might be considering that would allow the terrorists “to avoid the harshest penalties and transparency is unconscionable given the loss inflicted by their terrorist acts.”
“While the
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