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Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and a number of conservative figures are talking out towards President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister to function administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
“I’m going to name ‘em like I see ’em. Trump’s nominee for head of DEA ought to be disqualified for ordering the arrest [of] a pastor who defied COVID lockdowns,” Massie mentioned in a put up on X.
Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne was arrested in March 2020 amid the COVID-19 scare.
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Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., attends a Home Guidelines Committee assembly on a decision recommending that the Home discover Legal professional Normal Merrick Garland in contempt of congress, within the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc through Getty Photographs)
“Saying the arrest of Dr. Ronald Howard-Browne, Pastor of The River at Tampa Bay Church, who deliberately and repeatedly disregarded state and native public well being orders, which put his congregation and our neighborhood at risk,” Chronister famous in a tweet on the time.
The costs have been later dropped.
“The State Legal professional’s Workplace has acknowledged that compliance and never prison punishment is the main target of our emergency well being legal guidelines,” Chronister famous, in response to experiences. “Legislation enforcement’s intervention by means of arrest has been uncommon throughout this well being disaster, and whereas it stays a crucial device to guard the well being and security of our neighborhood, we agree that additional prison sanctions usually are not crucial on this occasion.”
In a press release to Fox Information Digital on Monday, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, mentioned, “We do not want authoritarians who refuse to make use of discretion and shield the Structure – irrespective of which get together is in energy.”
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Home Judiciary Committee members Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., take heed to U.S. Legal professional Normal Merrick Garland testify earlier than the committee within the Rayburn Home Workplace Constructing on Capitol Hill on June 4, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photographs)
Conservative commentator Liz Wheeler urged Trump ought to reverse course on the nomination.
“Chad Chronister is a COVID tyrant who arrested a Christian pastor for holding church in individual throughout the pandemic. Chronister held a press convention bragging concerning the arrest. Chronister abused his energy; he’s unfit to steer the DEA. Trump ought to withdraw his nomination,” Wheeler declared in a tweet.
Sean Davis, CEO and co-founder of The Federalist, referred to as Chronister “a woke, BLM-excusing, DEI-enforcing, immigration law-ignoring buffoon. There are literally thousands of strong sheriffs on this nation who’re way more certified to run DEA than this left-wing clown,” he added in a put up on X.
However Howard-Browne is enthusiastically supporting Chronister for the DEA position.
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Nikki Debartolo and Chad Chronister are seen outdoors “Good Morning America” on Jan. 9, 2020, in New York Metropolis. (Raymond Corridor/GC Photographs)
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“Chad Chronister has been my pal for a few years, by means of good occasions and challenges,” Howard-Browne mentioned in a message, directed to Trump, that he shared publicly on X.
“I really consider he acted with the intention of doing the suitable factor, and I’ve witnessed firsthand how he has realized and grown from these experiences. Shortly after my arrest, Sheriff Chronister referred to as me and informed me he actually missed our friendship. We met for dinner at my home and we have been capable of restore the friendship we had, one I’ll at all times cherish,” he continued.
“His imaginative and prescient, resolve, and management make him the perfect candidate to steer the DEA, and I’m proud to face with him as he continues to serve America with ardour and function,” Howard-Browne acknowledged.
Fox Information Digital reached out to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Workplace on Monday to request remark from Chronister.
“It’s the honor of a lifetime to be nominated by President @realDonaldTrump to function the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and I’m deeply humbled by this chance to serve our nation,” Chronister mentioned in a put up on X.
Alex Nitzberg is a author for Fox Information Digital.
