Casey DeSantis, Florida’s first lady aiming for the White House

“Thank you to the best first lady in all fifty states.” Casey DeSantis was the first person her husband remembered, Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida and Big Winner of the Republican Party in last week’s midterm elections, when he reconfirmed his position with an advantage of more than 1.5 million votes. This is a historical result that places him as likely candidate to replace Donald Trump as Republican candidate for the White House in 2024. Spectacular in a gold dress and long hair to one side, Casey DeSantis applauded her speech, and the three young children of the marriage – Madison, Mamie and Mason, the eldest, five years old – soon took the stage.

First lady for now only of Florida, Casey DeSantis (Troy, Ohio, 1980) has long ceased to be her husband’s “secret political weapon”, as it has been described. The fact that she was a television presenter -she even won an Emmy- has been part of Ron DeSantis’ closest circle of advisers since he took office in 2019 and she, in parallel, abandoned her career to support him and dedicate herself to children, as she explained first-hand in the morning magazine of the local WJXT network in Jacksonville, which she co-hosted. Casey DeSantis gained popularity following Hurricane Ian hit the state in late September, raising funds for those affected. Her fight once morest breast cancer between 2021 and 2022 was also notorious, which she reported on social networks.

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Faced with the dysfunctional family of the Trumps, the DeSantis face their political career as a typical presidential family: the inevitable comparison with the Kennedys has already fallen on them. Her children are part of her public image from the very beginning. Back in 2018, when Ron DeSantis was first running for Florida, Casey DeSantis was hosting an election ad in which her husband instructed their children in Trumpism. In the video, the children simulated building the wall between the US and Mexico with huge pieces in the classroom and they learned to speak with the help of a MAGA (Make America Great Again) movement poster. “People say Ron is like Trump, but he’s so much more, you should know that,” Casey advised potential voters. ‘Ron DeSanctimonious’, something like ‘Ron the Sanctimonious’, has been called by Donald Trump, who since DeSantis swept Florida and other more Trumpist candidates failed in other states is at open war with him. So much so that he threatens to air dirty laundry if his run for president ends up materializing. The former president announced Tuesday that he will try to return to the White House in 2024.

With a degree in Economics with a specialization in French, an expert in communication through her career, Casey DeSantis brings warmth to her husband’s public appearances. After meeting on a golf course, the two married in 2009 at a Walt Disney World resort, a fact that they have tiptoed over lately, following the Disney company protested once morest the controversial ‘Don’ law. t say gay’ (‘Do not say gay’), by which teachers cannot discuss sexual orientation and gender in elementary schools in Florida. If, as Gramsci believed, the conquest of cultural power is prior to that of political power, the DeSantis are fighting every battle, excluding transsexuals from competitive women’s sports and prohibiting the teaching of critical race theory.