Roger Stone threatens to run for Florida Governor

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Roger Stone is threatening to tally for politician successful Florida if Ron DeSantis doesn’t pledge to service each 4 years successful bureau if he’s reelected.

Stone told CBS4’s Jim DeFede helium would tally arsenic a Libertarian oregon immoderate different third-party campaigner to siphon votes distant from DeSantis and outgo him reelection.

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“Look, I person nary illusions astir my quality to go elected politician of Florida. That’s not the constituent here. I judge that Gov. DeSantis, assuming he’s going to tally for reelection, should pledge to the radical of Florida that helium volition capable retired each 4 years of a 2nd term,” said Stone. “What I don’t privation to spot is for him to beryllium reelected and past instantly wantonness Florida to tally disconnected and tally for president, peculiarly if he’s moving against Donald Trump.”

But what if Trump doesn’t tally for president successful 2024? Stone maintained that the politician should inactive decorativeness retired his 2nd word if reelected.

“I deliberation it would beryllium disingenuous to tally for reelection if you don’t didn’t mean to fulfill the job. I conscionable don’t deliberation Florida should beryllium a steppingstone to the presidency for immoderate person. I’d similar to cognize that helium is going to enactment present and bash the job,” Stone said.

DeFede past asked Stone wherefore helium believes there’s an opening for him to triumph votes from perchance dissatisfied DeSantis supporters.

“Well, the radical who emotion Ron DeSantis the astir are, of course, the radical who person ne'er met him. It would beryllium bully to beryllium said convey you to immoderate of his donors oregon if he’d really conscionable with the voters. He seems to beryllium allergic to people. But possibly that’s conscionable a antithetic run style,” Stone said. “I don’t deliberation that I would person to get galore votes to alteration the results of this race.”

As you whitethorn recall, Stone was convicted of lying to legislature investigators and witnesser tampering during the Mueller Investigation. He was pardoned by President Trump successful December.

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DeFede besides asked him astir his clip successful Washington successful the pb up to the January 6 insurrection astatine the Capitol and whether Stone visited the warfare country acceptable up by the Trump team.

“There’s thing to speech about. I cognize thing astir it. I was not there. I categorically cull and contradict immoderate insinuation, claim, assertion by anyone that I had beforehand cognition oregon was successful immoderate mode involved. Let’s beryllium precise clear. It was not connected The Ellipse. I did not march to the Capitol. I was not astatine the Capitol. I ne'er near the grounds of my edifice connected that day. I was arsenic shocked arsenic each different American erstwhile I saw this unfolding connected TV,” Stone said.

DeFede past pressed Stone wherever helium was the time of the insurrection.

“I stayed astatine the Willard Hotel, and if determination was a warfare country there, that would beryllium unbeknownst to me,” helium said.

Reports person surfaced that the Willard Hotel was the “command center” for Trump loyalists moving to overturn the results of the 2020 statesmanlike election.

“So I conscionable privation to beryllium clear, you ne'er visited the warfare room, ne'er spoke to immoderate of those radical associated with the warfare room?” DeFede followed up.

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“Absolutely true,” Stone responded.

Jim DeFede