2023-05-20 06:40:00
Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis wants to become US President and hands out once morest conservative opponent Donald Trump.
Florida — Ron DeSantis leaves little to chance. As effective as he is in enforcing his right-wing agenda as governor of Florida, he has carefully planned his entry into the Republican presidential nomination race. He first focused on his re-election last November. DeSantis secured his second term with nearly 60 percent of the vote — a proud result in a former swing voter state.
In February of this year he published the obligatory book with which would-be candidates travel the country to draw attention to themselves. In “The Courage to Be Free” DeSantis already touched on the topic with which he wants to score points in the election campaign. “We fought with the enlightened elites in Florida and won,” writes the candidate, who promises to make America a great Florida.
DeSantis wants to be president – and teases Trump
Showing his zest for action, he used his majorities in the Tallahassee state legislature this spring to push 80 laws through, including a near-total ban on abortion, a ban on sex reassignment surgery for underage transgender people, and muzzles for teachers who talk regarding LGBTQ+ issues in public schools want.
In parallel, DeSantis traveled to events in the first states with primaries, New Hampshire and Iowa, visited Israel, Japan, South Korea and Great Britain. He positioned himself foreign policy with sharp criticism of China and the expectation of Europe to take much more care of its own security.
DeSantis largely ignored the taunts of Donald Trump, who cornered him as an ungrateful traitor. “Disloyal” is the former congressman, who only became governor thanks to his support, the ex-president claims at every opportunity. His campaign team acts as if Trump is unassailable in front.
DeSantis: “Government is more than building a brand”
Anyone with even the vaguest knowledge of US presidential campaigns knows that polls aren’t worth the paper they’re written on at this point. Dynamics can change overnight. And that’s exactly what might happen next Wednesday when challenger DeSantis, who is three decades his junior, officially tosses his hat in the ring in Miami.
“Government is more than building a brand or being active on social media or doing moral token politics,” DeSantis said at a picnic with voters in Iowa, foreshadowing the broadsides that await the illustrious narcissist Trump. Republicans must rid themselves of the “loser culture.” “It’s ultimately regarding winning and producing results.”
At a switching conference of his political action committee “Never Back Down”, DeSantis followed up. There are actually only three serious contenders for the White House at this point in time. “Biden, Trump and I,” declared the governor confidently. “Of the three, two have a chance of being elected president — Biden and I.”
Controversial governor DeSantis also takes on Disney
The appeal DeSantis has in the far-right party is to offer “Trumpism” without the Trump drama—Florida. Little fits into the carefully woven narrative that Disney, the largest employer and taxpayer in the sunny state with 75,000 employees, is canceling a major investment of one billion dollars. It’s because of the culture war that DeSantis has institutionalized in Florida.
Because of the group’s criticism of its policies, DeSantis pushed for the end of self-government in February, which allowed Disney to control Mickey & Co’s empire for decades. The company has sued Florida over this. DeSantis believes the showdown with Disney will help him raise his profile in the primary. Perhaps. Maybe not. Because many Republicans, especially Trump, criticize the governor for sacrificing too much on the altar of his “don’t say gay” conservatism. The group threatened to put further investments of 17 billion dollars at disposal.
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