Miami Mayor Says He Disagrees with Gov. Desantis’ Controversial ‘Pro-Law Enforcement’ Law

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BERMAN: “To be clear, you say you don't understand why it's necessary. You disagree with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on this?”
SUAREZ: “Yes, to be -- to be clear, like I said, number one, there wasn't any rioting in the city and certainly not in the state of Florida. Number two, any kind of disturbance or any kind of breaking of the law, we were able to handle with in the current set of laws that we had. So I don't understand what is the need to change the laws on the books. There wasn't any need, for example, for the National Guard never came to any of our cities. We were offered --“
BERMAN: “He says -- let me ask you, Governor DeSantis says -- he says it was necessary to battle what he calls the tactics of the radical left. That's what he says. Do you find that framing politically divisive?”
SUAREZ: “Look, I mean were there people that came to our cities that were probably paid to protest or were paid to create havoc? I'm sure there were. But that's not the point. The point is that whether or not they were there to create chaos or whether or not they were there to try to create division in our community, it didn't work, a, and, b, we were able to handle it with the laws that we had. You know, to the extent that there was any sort of lawlessness in our city, frankly, it was that people got onto our expressways, and that's state jurisdiction.”