https://msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/desantis-guantanamo-p…
During a recent interview, Ron DeSantis tried to brush aside questions about his role in the alleged force-feeding of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay.
The questioner, “Alan from Atlanta,” asked about claims DeSantis has repeatedly disputed: that he advised on and witnessed the force-feeding of detainees at Guantanamo.
But DeSantis said in 2018 that he advised military officers on the legality of force-feeding, recounting that he told the officers the act — which is widely considered a violation of international law — was legal. (He also described the detainees’ hunger strikes as a form of “jihad,” or holy war.)
And DeSantis has repeatedly denied former Guantanamo prisoner Mansoor Adayfi’s 2023 claim that DeSantis not only watched Adayfi’s force-feeding but laughed as he did so. While on tour in Israel last year, DeSantis blew up at a reporter who asked about those allegations, calling them “totally B.S.”
@InsecureR3volutionDemocrat4mos4MO
Anybody else notice you rarely see posted, “best Governor ever” or “he’ll be the best President ever” anymore? Maybe people are catching on and seeing that the little weasel is a liar and a dictator wannabe. He has caused so much chaos to Florida and Floridians..
@RightsAndyGreen4mos4MO
Corporate cable news media won't dig into DeSantis's naval service during his time assigned to Guantanamo like his service as governor when having a supermajority in Tallahassee of both legislative chambers and sell that story he got things done when his party is the majority.
@InsecureR3volutionDemocrat4mos4MO
"The treatment at Guantanamo is an overblown 'narrative' spun by liberal media." He previously accused the media of exposing Abu Ghraib abuses "to further partisan attacks against" GWB. His job in the JAG was to advise how far they could go and he's not happy there were limits.
@KindLeopardRepublican4mos4MO
The Iraqi torture program, thought up by Bush, expanded by Obama.. that program.
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