This is the Florida Agriculture Commissioner and the woman who wants to replace DeSantis as Governor.

I just suspended the concealed weapons permits of 22 people involved in the insurrection against the United States of America instigated by Donald Trump on January 6, 2021.

— Nikki Fried (@NikkiFried) July 27, 2021

She is gloating about suspending Foridian’s concealed weapons permits.

According to The Hill:

Fried’s office did not specify which individuals would have their concealed carry licenses suspended, but so far, dozens of Floridians have been arrested in connection with the riot.

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Division of Licensing oversees the state’s concealed carry licensing program and has the ability to suspend a permit if an individual is charged with a felony or other disqualifying offense.

So we don’t know who these people are or what they have been charged with, so we do not know if their permit suspension is within the color of the law or if this is Fried abusing her power for grandstanding politics as the Democrats rally around the narrative that the January 6th kerfuffle was worse than the Civil War, War of 1812, Bombing of Pearl Harbor, and 9/11 combined.

And even if these suspensions are within the limits of the law, the fact that Fried went to Twitter to brag about it overwhelmingly implies she’s doing it for partisan hack reasons.

Even if these 22 people deserved to have their permits suspended due to the nature of the charges against them, Fried’s grandstanding is wholly irresponsible and casts doubt on the legitimacy of her actions.

In one Tweet, Fried has made the Florida CCW system – perhaps the most respected CCW system in the country – a corrupt and partisan enterprise.

There is a way to fix this, and that is Constitutional Carry.  If it doesn’t require a permit to carry, a partisan politician can’t gloat about pulling your permit.