Governor Ron DeSantis — Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, has formally announced his candidacy for president by filing the necessary papers. The AP reports that the 44-year-old Republican announced his decision in a filing with the Federal Election Commission before having an online chat with Twitter CEO Elon Musk. I’m Ron DeSantis, and I’m running for president to lead our great American resurgence,” DeSantis stated in a campaign video.
The “DeSantis for president” video featuring the Republican Florida governor marching behind the flags and stripes and declaring America to be so broken that only he can heal it was released late in the afternoon on Wednesday. In the midst of a pandemic that killed almost 90,000 Floridians from COVID-19, he prioritized protecting the state’s economy.
DeSantis said in a campaign video, “We chose facts over fear, education over indoctrination, and order over rioting and disorder.” At 6 o’clock, Twitter CEO Elon Musk attempted to facilitate a “digital town square” discussion on Twitter Spaces, but the platform repeatedly crashed. The total number of users is 382,000. Good, then let’s examine this more. What, this thing keeps collapsing over and over again? During the technical challenges, Musk remarked. Since it’s highly doubtful that the governor was amused, Musk suggested that the social media experiment should be moved to DeSantis’ page.
My account was getting way too much attention, so I had to hand hosting duties over to David (Sacks). Musk claimed that his account was causing technical difficulties. DeSantis continued his apparent campaign address. We’ve seen unprecedented success in Florida. Big achievements for America are possible, and we must deliver them, DeSantis added. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a former chair of the Democratic National Committee, said, “Ron DeSantis is just another extreme MAGA candidate who has been a disaster for Florida.”
Despite her claims that DeSantis has disenfranchised minorities and LGBTQ+ voters in Florida, taken over the world’s most iconic entertainment company, and decimated women’s reproductive rights with a six-week abortion ban, Wasserman Schultz says he will become a full-time candidate and part-time governor. What a nightmare Ron DeSantis has been for our state, and the last thing we want is to let him wreak havoc on America,” Wasserman Schultz said.
DeSantis faces off against his former mentor and greatest critic, former President Donald Trump, in the final weeks of the election. Trump leads DeSantis in national and Florida surveys by around 30 points. Team DeSantis 2024 is the name of the political committee DeSantis registered with the Federal Election Commission under on Wednesday. On Wednesday, after seeing the gaffes in the Twitter announcement, former president Trump tweeted, “Wow! DeSanctus’s disastrous debut on Twitter. The entirety of his campaign will be a failure.
Trump, Nikki Haley (former U.N. ambassador), Tim Scott (Senate), Asa Hutchinson (former Arkansas governor), and Vivek Ramaswamy (biotech entrepreneur) are all in the race, and now DeSantis has joined them. Mike Pence, Trump’s former vice president, is also widely expected to run for president in 2020. The governor of Florida, a former supporter of Trump’s, is challenging him for the presidency.
The two used to be famous for their undying respect for one another. In 2018, DeSantis even aired an ad depicting him reading “The Art of the Deal” to his kids before bed and telling them to “build the wall” with blocks. The president has repeatedly praised DeSantis, referring to him as “one tough cookie” and a “good friend.” Turning point came when rumors spread that DeSantis may run for president on his own, a move Trump would view as “disloyal.”
Trump has gone on the attack, calling DeSantis names like “Ron DeSanctimonious,” “average,” and “mocking the way he allegedly eats pudding.” He “fixed” the governor’s campaign, he claimed, after DeSantis came to him “in desperate shape in 2017.” This, he said, was the turning point that propelled DeSantis to Republican stardom.
DeSantis has mostly ignored the criticism, dismissing it as “noise.” However, as the time of his announcement has drawn closer, he has adopted a slightly more direct tone. “The job of a leader is not to keep people amused. DeSantis stated, “Governing is not about brand building or chatting on social media and virtue signaling. “Success and tangible outcomes are what matter most.” Trump’s criticism of the governor has grown more strident as time has gone on.
According to his recent comments, “Ron DeSanctimonious’s problem is that he needs a personality transplant and those are not yet available.” Gov. DeSantis’s term in Florida The governor has become a celebrity in his party as a “culture warrior,” with his slogan “Florida is where woke goes to die.” He became well-known around the country for his stance against pandemic mask and vaccine restrictions, and his promise to keep Florida open for business. After that, the “Parental Rights in Education Act,” which his detractors nicknamed the “Don’t Say Gay” act, caused him to become a national celebrity.
The controversial rule first restricted its application to grades K–3, but it was eventually extended to cover all school levels. In addition to giving parents more say in their children’s education, state standards ensure that kids of all ages and stages of development receive instruction on these areas. Former Disney CEO Bob Chapek expressed his displeasure with the measure to the governor and to Disney stockholders.
This dispute escalated to the point where DeSantis and the legislature took away Disney’s ability to govern itself through the Reedy Creek Improvement District and a slew of lawsuits. DeSantis has also kept up his assault on the “woke” by making it illegal for the government to spend money on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, which he views as discriminatory.
