Republican <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/indiana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Indiana</a> Senator Mike Braun announced he is running for governor of Indiana in 2024.
Braun, who was elected to the Senate in 2018, filed campaign finance paperwork to run for the governorship on Tuesday, and made his candidacy public on Wednesday morning. Braun&#8217;s gubernatorial run leaves his Senate seat open, and names are already being floated for the seat, including Republican Congressman Jim Banks.
“Mike Braun has filed his paperwork to run for governor and will be making an official announcement of his candidacy very soon,&#8221; Braun&#8217;s senior political adviser and chief of staff told <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/30/braun-to-run-for-indiana-governor-opening-senate-seat-in-2024-00071339" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Politico</a> Wednesday. Braun himself also confirmed the news to the outlet. “That filing did occur yesterday,” he told Politico. “We’ll talk to you down the road.” Braun&#8217;s <a href="https://campaignfinance.in.gov/PublicSite/SearchPages/CommitteeDetail.aspx?OrgId=7771" target="_blank" rel="noopener">candidate committee filing</a> is publicly available on the Indiana Secretary of State&#8217;s website.
Braun is seeking to replace incumbent governor Eric Holcomb, who is prevented from running for a third term. There are no term limits per se under Indiana state law, but the <a href="https://iga.in.gov/legislative/laws/const/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">state constitution</a> prohibits him from holding office for more than eight years out of any 12-year period. Holcomb could run for another term, but he would have to wait at least four years.
Braun will likely face a hotly-contested primary. <a href="https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/eric-doden-kicks-off-campaign-to-be-indianas-next-governor/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Doden</a>, a businessman who served as president of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation under former Governor Mike Pence, announced he was running for the governor&#8217;s mansion in June of this year, and current Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch is expected to mount a run as well, Politico reported.
Braun was elected to the Senate in 2018; he fought in a tough primary against Reps. Todd Rokita and Luke Messer, then upset incumbent Democrat Joe Donnelly in a race that helped Republicans hold the Senate. He previously served in the Indiana House of Representatives. Before that, he was CEO of an auto parts distribution business.
Names already being floated to replace Braun in the Senate in 2024, include Republican Reps. Jim Banks and Victoria Spartz. A spokesman for Banks told the <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2022/11/30/mike-braun-run-governor-senate-indiana-2024/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Caller</a> Wednesday that he is mulling a run for Senate. “Rep. Banks’ conservative record and relationships put him in an excellent position to win a statewide race in Indiana,&#8221; the spokesman said. &#8220;Hoosiers deserve principled representatives like Senator Braun who will fight for their values in Washington.&#8221;
“Rep. Banks is strongly considering running if Senator Braun doesn’t seek a second term and over the upcoming holiday will talk to his family and friends around the state about how he can best serve Indiana,” he added.
Banks has served in Congress since 2017, and was just elected to a third term in Congress in the 2022 midterm elections. He currently serves as chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, and mounted an unsuccessful bid to become House GOP whip in the next Congress.
Spartz, meanwhile, was elected in 2020, and was also re-elected to Congress earlier this month. An immigrant from Ukraine who came to the U.S. in 2000, Spartz&#8217;s profile has been raised in recent months due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Mike Braun

Indiana GOP Senator Mike Braun Announces He’s Running For Governor

Indiana GOP Senator Mike Braun Announces He's Running For Governor; Banks, Spartz Among Top Names To Replace Him

2024 Election

Elections

governor

Indiana

Jim Banks

Politics

U.S. Senate

Something odd is happening in Washington, D.C. &#8212; on both sides of the political aisle.
After the GOP performed poorly in the 2022 midterm elections, Republicans openly blamed former President Donald Trump &#8212; even though he is, whether you like it or not, the de facto head of the party. But the weak showing exposed The Don as politically impotent and no longer someone to be feared.
The same thing is happening with Vice President Kamala Harris. For the last couple of weeks, Democrats have openly mused about her future, with some liberal news sites and party leaders saying she shouldn&#8217;t run in 2024.
So hang on: This is the sitting vice president, the party&#8217;s No. 2, serving with a guy who just turned 80. Should the president decide not to run again, historically, it&#8217;s the veep who gets the first crack. Often, the vice president doesn&#8217;t even get a challenger in the primary.
That makes this all odd. Harris is just 58, the first female vice president and, thus, the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history. And she just happens to be the first black and first Asian American vice president. That checks a lot of boxes for those identity-conscious Democrats.
And still the talk persists. If President Joe Biden runs again, he should dump Harris, some stories say. Others say that if he doesn&#8217;t run, the party should bail on her and pick someone else.
The stories aren&#8217;t wrong, per se. They do contain facts, like this from a recent <a href="https://morningconsult.com/2022/09/28/democrats-believe-biden-should-run-2024-primary-harris/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">survey</a> from Morning Consult: Just 28% of Democratic voters would vote for Harris in a Democratic presidential primary without Biden on the ballot, down from 33% in a poll last year. You don&#8217;t win the White House with those numbers.
Slate was the latest liberal site to come out against Harris.
&#8220;As Joe Biden weighs a run for re-election even as he becomes the first octogenarian U.S. president in history, he should think back on what it was like to watch the Harris campaign flame out,&#8221; Christina Cauterucci <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/11/kamala-harris-joe-biden-new-vp-2024.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. &#8220;Harris, a proven dud of a presidential candidate who has done little to distinguish herself since is not a good choice for the Democrats’ top billing. For his second term, should he seek one (he shouldn’t!), Biden should tap someone else.”
Harris, it turns out, is surprisingly even more unpopular than her predecessors.
&#8220;As the country has become more partisan, vice presidents have been less likely to enjoy broad support among the public. [Mike] Pence, for example, had a net favorability of roughly zero for much of his four years in the White House. Joe Biden, Dick Cheney and Al Gore all began their tenures with higher ratings than Harris currently enjoys,&#8221; the Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/projects/kamala-harris-approval-rating-polls-vs-biden-other-vps/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> last week.
And Capitol Weekly openly derided Harris in a piece late last month headlined, &#8220;Memo to Democrats: Beware of Kamala Harris, in 2024 or beyond.&#8221;
&#8220;Despite her obvious intelligence, Harris just isn’t very good, I’m sorry to say, either as a candidate or communicator,&#8221; Democrat strategist Garry South <a href="https://capitolweekly.net/memo-to-democrats-beware-of-kamala-harris-in-2024-or-beyond/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. &#8220;When it comes to Harris and 2024 – or beyond — Democrats would be wise to bear in mind the old time-honored caution, caveat emptor.&#8221;
In some ways, this isn&#8217;t new. Back in May, the New York Magazine posted a story intriguingly <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/05/biden-2024-democrats-search-for-alternative.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">headlined</a>, &#8220;There Has to Be a Backup Plan. There’s a Backup Plan, Right?&#8221;
But it was the Slate piece that said the quiet part out loud. &#8220;If Harris cares about the future of the Democratic agenda, she should gracefully step aside. The vice presidency is a valuable mechanism for soft-launching future presidential hopefuls. Democrats cannot waste it on a candidate who has already failed to launch.&#8221;
Ouch.
With all the buzz, Harris was forced last week to comment. &#8220;Look, as the president said, he intends to run. And if he does, I will be running with him,&#8221; she said.
The thing is &#8212; it might not be her choice.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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D.C. Abuzz With Chatter About Biden Replacing VP Harris

DC Abuzz With Chatter About President Joe Biden Replacing Vice President Harris

2024

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Kamala Harris

What a difference a few weeks make.
President Joe Biden&#8217;s approval rating has been wavering in the high 30s and low 40s, with even Democrats saying they weren&#8217;t sure they&#8217;d support him again should he choose to run in 2024.
But all that changed after Democrats performed far better than expected in the midterm elections. While they lost the House, there was no Red Wave. And Democrats held onto control of the Senate, where some pollsters were predicting they could have lost up to seven seats.
Now, almost three in four Democrats (71%) say Biden could win if he runs for another White House term in 2024, <a href="https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/news-polls/democrats-more-positive-about-biden-post-midterms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to a USA Today-Ipsos poll. That&#8217;s an 11-point jump from August.
Half of the Democratic voters surveyed in the latest poll believe Biden &#8220;should be the nominee and deserves reelection.&#8221; That&#8217;s up six points from August.
The poll, released Sunday, indicated overall that Democrats are feeling better about Biden after Democrats pulled off surprising wins in key races nationwide, fending off Trump-backed candidates in high-profile contests in Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Arizona.
&#8220;The USA Today-Ipsos poll found that voters’ perception that Biden can win in 2024 jumped notably among women (55 percent in August to 71 percent in November) and among voters aged 18-34 (53 percent in August to 69 percent in November),&#8221; The Hill <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3743985-71-percent-of-democrats-now-say-biden-could-win-reelection-survey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
That&#8217;s a big change from July, when a CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/26/politics/cnn-poll-biden-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a> found 75% of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters want the party to nominate someone other than Biden.
&#8220;The poll comes as Biden’s approval ratings remain low and most Americans are discontented with the state of the country and the economy. Inflation remains high and a new report released Tuesday showed consumer confidence slipped for the third straight month,&#8221; CNN reported.
&#8220;Twenty-four percent of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters said they want someone else because they don’t think Biden can win in 2024, up from 18% in a poll conducted in January and February. Thirty-two percent feel that way because they don’t want Biden to be reelected, up from 16% earlier this year. Twenty-five percent said they prefer Biden as the nominee, which is a steep drop from 45% in January/February,&#8221; the CNN poll found.
During the midterm campaigns, Biden made just eight appearances with candidates in the final month &#8212; far fewer than his predecessors.
The reason: He was so unpopular no one wanted him around, instead calling on former President Barack Obama, who crisscrossed the country endorsing candidates. Inflation is soaring, and Americans — more than six in 10 of whom are living paycheck to paycheck — are just trying to figure out how they&#8217;re going to make it until the next payday. They overwhelmingly blame Biden for the shredded economy.
&#8220;Of the 14 states with some of the most competitive Senate and governor races, based on ratings from the Cook Political Report, Biden has visited six since Sept. 1, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis,&#8221; the Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11373821/Biden-avoiding-battleground-states-just-eight-days-midterms.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

President Biden Pardons The National Thanksgiving Turkey

Democrats Suddenly Have Renewed Faith Biden Can Win In ’24, Survey Finds

Democrats Suddenly Have Renewed Faith President Joe Biden Can Win In 2024, Survey Finds

Biden

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Money decides elections.
Jeez, hope I didn&#8217;t burst anyone&#8217;s bubble. It&#8217;s not ideology or policy positions, it&#8217;s cold, hard cash. Presidents in the modern era have spent a billion dollars and more per campaign to win the White House, so it&#8217;s not just money, it&#8217;s other people&#8217;s money.
And that&#8217;s a problem for Donald Trump. He might be worth $3.2 billion (at least according to a Forbes report from September), but The Don doesn&#8217;t like to spend his own cash. He&#8217;s looking to the money whales to fund his 2024 run, and they&#8217;re busy swimming out to deep water.
&#8220;GOP megadonors Robert Mercer and Rebekah Mercer have no current plans to help former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign for the White House, according to people familiar with the matter,&#8221; CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/18/gop-megadonor-mercers-distance-themselves-from-trump-for-2024-campaign.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> this week.
&#8220;The Mercers, a father and daughter who were among Trump’s major benefactors during his first run for president in 2016, are distancing themselves from the ex-president’s third White House bid and cutting back their overall campaign fundraising, these people said. The people who spoke to CNBC did so on the condition of anonymity in order to talk about private conversations.&#8221;
Makes sense, but still, they&#8217;re talking. It&#8217;s a whole new world after Republicans fared poorly in the 2022 midterms, in large part because of Trump. Nearly every candidate he backed (and almost all of the election deniers) lost on November 8 in key races, and top party leaders and donors suddenly feel free to bash the former president.
More are bailing.
&#8220;Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman, Citadel CEO Ken Griffin, wealthy New York businessman Andy Sabin and billionaire Ronald Lauder are among the wealthy GOP donors opting against helping Trump’s latest campaign — at least during the Republican primary,&#8221; CNBC reported. &#8220;Some of the country’s wealthiest GOP donors do not believe Trump can win again and have argued for a new face to represent their party in the race for president.&#8221;
Ouch.
“I’d like to think that the Republican Party is ready to move on from somebody who has been for this party a three-time loser,” Griffin said at Bloomberg’s New Economy Forum in Singapore, referring to the last three election cycles, The Hill <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3742334-trump-faces-potential-fundraising-problem-as-megadonors-jump-ship/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Schwarzman was more harsh. &#8220;America does better when its leaders are rooted in today and tomorrow, not today and yesterday,” he said in a statement. “It is time for the Republican Party to turn to a new generation of leaders and I intend to support one of them in the presidential primaries.”
Double ouch.
Losers don&#8217;t come back in presidential politics. Al Gore supposedly &#8220;won&#8221; the 2000 election, but he was not the Democrats&#8217; candidate in 2004. Same, too, for John Kerry, who lost by just more than 118,000 votes in Ohio to lose the election, but wasn&#8217;t the Dems&#8217; candidate in 2008. And Hillary Clinton loved to crow that she won the popular vote &#8212; by a lot &#8212; in 2016, but she was nowhere to be seen in 2020, when two-time loser Biden knocked off the incumbent president.
Even worse, Republicans are losing faith in Trump. A <a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3743701-trump-may-not-make-it-to-the-primaries/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">YouGov poll</a> after the election showed Republicans who want him to run collapsed from 60% to just 47% (if you&#8217;re keeping score at home, that number doesn&#8217;t make you president).
After the dismal showing on November 8, Republicans and political pundits put the blame squarely on Trump. Exit polls found that a hefty chunk of voters came out just to vote against Trump&#8217;s candidates, and his presence was enough to throw some close races to the Democrats.
So far, so bad. But then came Trump&#8217;s announcement night. Trump held the event at the gaudy ballroom at Mar-a-Lago with an elite list of invited guests.
But as Trump bloviated, some of those people grew weary and decided it was time to leave. They were bored by what ABC’s Jonathan Karl called an &#8220;incredibly low energy&#8221; speech &#8212; which timed out at just over an hour &#8212; so they headed for the exits.
ABC’s Olivia Rubin shot a video of a crowd moving toward the doors to leave as Trump rambled on in the background.
&#8220;A crowd has formed by the exit of the ballroom as some try to leave Trump’s announcement speech before he has finished…. But security won’t let them,&#8221; she wrote on Twitter.
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A crowd has formed by the exit of the ballroom as some try to leave Trump’s announcement speech before he has finished…. But security won’t let them. <a href="https://t.co/O7C6QJfYgK">pic.twitter.com/O7C6QJfYgK</a>
&mdash; Olivia Rubin (@OliviaRubinABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/OliviaRubinABC/status/1592720067200188417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Karl said, &#8220;I actually saw people trying to leave and people leaving early even before he was done. He&#8217;s still speaking now. And then they, I think perhaps a little concerned that the hall would empty out too much, they actually started preventing people from leaving, so now they&#8217;re no longer allowing people to leave.&#8221;
When they&#8217;re dying to leave your announcement speech, you got problems. But when you lose the moneybags, you just can&#8217;t win.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

Donald Trump Holds A “Welcome Home” Rally In South Florida

Trump Megadonors Disappearing, Won’t Back Again In ’24

Former President Donald Trump Megadonors Disappearing, Won't Back Again In '24

Donald Trump

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida Governor Ron DeSantis</a> won&#8217;t have to quit his current job to pursue a promotion to the White House if the Sunshine State&#8217;s top two lawmakers get their way, according to a report.
Incoming Florida House Speaker Paul Renner, a Republican, said he supports changing a state law that would require DeSantis to resign in order to run for president. DeSantis has not announced plans for a 2024 White House bid, but he is widely seen as a formidable primary competitor to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-trump-launches-third-bid-for-white-house/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">former President Trump</a>, who is running again.
&#8220;A good idea,&#8221; Renner called the suggestion of repealing the so-called &#8220;resign to run&#8221; law.
Renner spoke Tuesday after his colleagues formally elected him to lead the state&#8217;s lower chamber. New Senate President Kathleen Passidomo said she was on board with the change, too.
“If Speaker Renner thinks it’s a good idea, I think it’s a good idea,&#8221; she told reporters.
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Fla House Speaker <a href="https://twitter.com/Paul_Renner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Paul_Renner</a> says he’s willing to change state law during 2023 session so <a href="https://twitter.com/GovRonDeSantis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovRonDeSantis</a> can run for president without having to resign. Called it a “good idea.”
&mdash; Gary Fineout (@fineout) <a href="https://twitter.com/fineout/status/1595121317107597312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The <a href="http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?mode=View%20Statutes&amp;SubMenu=1&amp;App_mode=Display_Statute&amp;Search_String=99.012&amp;URL=0000-0099/0099/Sections/0099.012.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">law states</a> that “Any officer who qualifies for federal public office must resign from the office he or she presently holds if the terms, or any part thereof, run concurrently with each other.” But legal experts differ on how it might apply to a presidential run by DeSantis, who was re-elected as governor November 8 with a victory margin of nearly 20 percentage points.
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New Senate President Kathleen Passidomo <a href="https://twitter.com/Kathleen4SWFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Kathleen4SWFL</a> says it would be an honor to have someone from Fla running for president and agrees with Renner it would be good idea to change law
&mdash; Gary Fineout (@fineout) <a href="https://twitter.com/fineout/status/1595126453716545536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Jon Mills, a constitutional law professor at the University of Florida, <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article267845352.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in October it could depend on how far DeSantis got in a White House bid.
“The statute in text does say federal,’’ he said. “The question is when? What does &#8216;qualification&#8217; mean, in terms of running for president? Does it mean you are the final nominee or is it when you qualify for the first primary state?”
But Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Julie Marcus wrote on her <a href="https://www.votepinellas.com/Candidates-Committees/Candidates/-Resign-to-Run" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> that the law would not apply to a DeSantis effort to trade Tallahassee for Washington.
“The “resign-to-run” law prohibits an officer from qualifying as a candidate for another state, district, county or municipal public office if the terms or any part overlap with each other unless the officer submits a resignation from the office the person presently holds,&#8221; she wrote. “Therefore, the “resign-to-run” law would not preclude a sitting state, district, county, or municipal officer from qualifying as a candidate for federal office without resigning from the office the person presently holds as long as the officer is not also seeking to qualify for re-election to his or her present office.&#8221;
So far, only Trump has announced a 2024 bid. But a new poll from Iowa, where the presidential primary season gets underway every four years with the Iowa caucuses, showed Hawkeye State Republicans narrowly favor DeSantis over Trump, given the choice for 2024.
The <a href="https://m.facebook.com/NeighborhoodResearchMedia/posts/pfbid0YcN1n4ngyYdh5EFnB3iDcheebmxdQK7YU1qDkxjkkHjEyFNnhNaMZLBk6imv5ePdl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Neighborhood Research and Media</a> poll, released on Monday, showed 32% of respondents picked DeSantis as their first choice to run for president, followed by Trump at 30%. The poll reflects a mammoth 23-point swing toward DeSantis from June, when Trump was the favorite among 38% of respondents and DeSantis was favored by only 17%, and an even bigger 46% reversal from November 2021, when Trump led 56%-12%.

Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida delivers remarks

Top Florida State Lawmaker Backs Tweak That Could Boost A DeSantis 2024 White House Bid

Florida

Ron DeSantis

U.S.

A new poll from Iowa, where the presidential primary season gets underway every four years with the Iowa caucuses, shows Iowa Republicans have swung strongly toward Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis as their leading presidential candidate for 2024.
The <a href="https://m.facebook.com/NeighborhoodResearchMedia/posts/pfbid0YcN1n4ngyYdh5EFnB3iDcheebmxdQK7YU1qDkxjkkHjEyFNnhNaMZLBk6imv5ePdl">Neighborhood Research and Media</a> poll, released on Monday, showed 32% of respondents selected DeSantis as their first choice to run for president, followed by former President Donald Trump at 30%. The poll reflects a mammoth 23-point swing toward DeSantis from June, when Trump was the favorite among 38% of respondents and DeSantis was favored by only 17%, and an even bigger 46% reversal from November 2021, when Trump led 56%-12%.
“With support barely half what it was a year ago in a time when DeSantis’s vote has nearly tripled, Trump becomes a severe underdog in the race,” Rick Shaftan of Neighborhood Research and Media commented.
Iowa is a caucus state rather than one that features a primary, whom voters select as a second choice matters. When respondents were asked which candidate would be their second choice, 48% of respondents selected DeSantis, 42% picked Trump, 5% chose Pence and 1% chose Noem, whose state lies adjacent to Iowa.
As opposed to other states’ primaries, in the Iowa caucuses no secret ballot and no absentee participation is permitted; the delegates representing Iowa at the Republican National Convention are divided proportionally to the statewide vote.
30% of respondents expressed their indecision about which candidate to select. Other candidates only received miniscule support, with former Vice President Mike Pence at 3% and former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson languished at under 1%.
Also on Monday, a <a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000184-79d2-d07e-a5fd-ffdb32390000&amp;nname=playbook&amp;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&amp;nrid=00000159-d250-d519-adf9-de52aaa60000&amp;nlid=630318">Morning Consult/Politico poll</a> was released showing 65% of voters felt Trump should “probably” or “definitely” not run; 53% asserted he “definitely” should not run.
Last Friday, a <a href="https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2022/11/11/how-americans-feel-about-prospect-divided-congress">YouGov national poll</a> showed 42% of Republicans and “Republican leaners” favored DeSantis as the 2024 GOP presidential nominee; Trump followed at 35%.
Iowa’s Republican Party chair wants to make it as difficult as possible for national Democrats to dethrone his state from its early perch in the presidential primary season, even if it means moving the state&#8217;s caucuses up by several months.
Democrats have suggested they might drop Iowa from their primary schedule because they feel it is not ethnically diverse enough. Iowa GOP Chair Jeff Kaufmann <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/iowa-gop-threatens-move-caucuses-halloween-mess-democrats-rcna57971">responded harshly</a>, saying, “This is the Democrats that are pulling this crap and I’m telling you right now, they don’t want to play chicken with me. This is pure, progressive, power politics.”
“If, for some reason, California and New York dictate policy for the entire DNC and they give the middle finger to Iowa and the Midwest — if that happens, we will be first,” Kaufmann added. “I’ll move this thing to Halloween if that’s what it takes.”

Georgia v Florida

Massive Swing: DeSantis Now Leads In Poll Of Iowa Republicans, Where Primary Season Begins

DeSantis Now Leads Among Iowa Republicans, Where Primary Season Begins

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Some politicians once considered among former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump&#8217;s</a> top allies have either turned on him or are holding back their support as the 45th commander in chief gears up for a third White House bid in 2024.
The news comes after three billionaire Republican megadonors — Stephen Schwarzman, Ronald Lauder, and Ken Griffin — have all <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/two-gop-megadonors-both-trump-allies-announce-they-will-not-support-his-2024-presidential-campaign" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> in recent days that they will not support Trump&#8217;s 2024 campaign and that they will be backing someone else in the party&#8217;s presidential primary.
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/us/politics/trump-republicans-alternatives.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at a Republican Governors Association meeting in Orlando this week that Trump does not offer Republicans &#8220;the best chance&#8221; to win in 2024.
“If we narrow our focus there, then we’re not talking to every single American,” Noem said, according to The New York Times. “Our job is not just to talk to people who love Trump or hate Trump. Our job is to talk to every single American.”
A spokesperson for Noem disputed the Times’ reporting, saying that it was a “false narrative” and that they took her “comments out of context.”
In the same interview, Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL), who is in the MAGA-wing of the Republican Party, also took a shot at the former president, saying he believed there would be better candidates in 2024.
Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/16/desantis-trump-2024-election-00067834" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that at the Orlando gathering, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was the main focus for those in attendance as he challenged the idea that Republicans can&#8217;t compete with the election tactics of Democrats.
DeSantis, who last week won his re-election bid by a margin of nearly 20% even as Republicans nationwide had a disappointing showing, noted that he encouraged his supporters to use mail-in voting. He also argued that the GOP can appeal to suburban and rural communities at the same time, pointing out that he performed well in suburban communities even while scoring “Saddam Hussein margins” in rural communities, some of which he <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-florida-governor.html?action=click&amp;pgtype=Article&amp;state=default&amp;module=election-results&amp;context=election_recirc&amp;region=RaceLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">won</a> by as many as 84 points.
Other Republican governors in attendance steered clear of  Trump talk, even those who had just been endorsed by Trump in the midterms and won.
“I’m not going there,” said Ohio Governor Mike DeWine.
Nevada Governor-elect Joe Lombardo said, “I’m not doing an interview, thanks.”
New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu questioned Trump&#8217;s decision to announce his campaign so early, saying that Trump was &#8220;at his weakest point politically.&#8221;
“Think about that. You’re the former president,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You’re as weak as you’ve ever been politically. You’re not even necessarily the frontrunner.”
Trump made his announcement despite former top advisers <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6315241341112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kayleigh McEnany</a> and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/10/trump-advised-delay-announcement-2024-run-georgia-run-off" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jason Miller</a> urging him to wait until after the December 6 Georgia U.S. Senate runoff.
Still, several Republicans have endorsed Trump in his new bid for the White House, including Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL), Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX), and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY).
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-2024-florida-republican-presidential-primary-poll-between-trump-and-desantis-shows-a-total-blowout" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New 2024 Florida Republican Presidential Primary Poll Between Trump And DeSantis Shows A Total Blowout</a>

Kristi Noem

Some Trump Allies Signal A Change In Tune For 2024: ‘Our Job Is To Talk To Every Single American’

Some Trump Allies Signal A Change In Tune For 2024: 'Our Job Is To Talk To Every Single American'

A new poll surveying Florida residents has found that Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> would trounce former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> in a 2024 Republican Party presidential primary.
The poll, conducted late last week by Sachs Media, found that DeSantis beats Trump by a whopping 45 points, 66% to 21%.
The <a href="https://floridapolitics.com/archives/572201-last-call-for-11-17-22-a-prime-time-read-of-whats-going-down-in-florida-politics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a> from Sachs Media, whose polls correctly <a href="https://twitter.com/IAPolls2022/status/1582155032778379267" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showed</a> DeSantis winning re-election by double digits, found that respondents &#8220;trust&#8221; DeSantis &#8220;more&#8221; than Trump to &#8220;be a good role model for young people,&#8221; 89% to 4%, &#8220;have a moral foundation for choices,&#8221; 81% to 12%, &#8220;unite voters around a common cause,&#8221; 76% to 19%, and &#8220;be respected by other world leaders,&#8221; 68% to 26%.
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The poll comes as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-has-strong-lead-over-trump-in-new-2024-primary-poll-beats-biden-in-popular-vote" target="_blank" rel="noopener">another new poll</a> released this week by The Economist/YouGov found that Republican voters want DeSantis over Trump, 46% to 39%, and Independent voters also want DeSantis over Trump, 34% to 21%. For all voters, DeSantis had a 15-point lead over the former president, 43% to 28%.
DeSantis beat Trump in every demographic that the poll measured except among Hispanic voters, as the two candidates were tied 37% to 37%.
DeSantis beat Trump in the following demographics: Men (+6%), women (+20%), whites (+15%), blacks (+17%), 18-29 year olds (+12%), 30-44 year olds (+1%), 45-64 year olds (+18%), 65+ year olds (+19%), income &lt;$50k (+6%), income $50-$100k (+22%), $100k+ (+15%), 2020 Biden Voters (+21%), 2020 Trump Voters (+11%), Democrats (+19%), Independents (+13%), Republicans (+7%), Liberals (+5%), Moderates (+19%), Conservatives (+18%), Urban (+8%), Suburban (+19%), and Rural (+11%).
The poll comes after a poll from YouGov last week found that DeSantis had gained an advantage over Trump in who Republicans wanted to see as the party’s 2024 nominee.
“More Republicans and Republican-leaning Independents now say they’d prefer DeSantis (42%) as their 2024 presidential nominee over Trump than say they’d prefer Trump to DeSantis (35%),” the survey <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-republican-leaning-independents-shift-in-who-they-want-to-be-gops-nominee-in-2024-poll" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a>. “That’s a reversal from nearly a month ago, when — according to a Yahoo News/YouGov poll of U.S. adults — just 35% preferred DeSantis and 45% said they preferred Trump.”
People who considered themselves to be strong Republicans were split evenly between the two candidates, but Independent-leaning Republicans supported DeSantis by a more than 2-to-1 margin.
Recent polls <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-trump-launches-third-bid-for-white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conducted</a> at the state-level have found similar trends among voters.
One poll, commissioned by the Club For Growth, found that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis had overtaken Trump 48% to 37% in Iowa, 52% to 37% in New Hampshire, 56% to 30% in Florida, and 55% to 35% in Georgia. Trump had previously led DeSantis in all of those states, as recently as just a few months ago, in that same poll. A separate poll, conducted by CWS Research, found that DeSantis is now up over Trump in the state of Texas by 11 points. Last month, Trump led DeSantis by 17 points.
A new poll released by Democrat pollster Stan Greenberg found that Trump beats President Joe Biden (D) in a 2024 matchup by 2 points while DeSantis beats Biden by 4 points. The poll also found that DeSantis “would give Republicans their best margin ever among Hispanics,” according to Visto Media founder and Republican strategist Giancarlo Sopo.
“It’s not surprising that as Americans grow tired of Joe Biden’s lackluster economy and rising crime in our cities, they see Florida as a great state and Gov. Ron DeSantis as a strong leader,” Sopo told The Daily Wire.

New 2024 Florida Republican Presidential Primary Poll Between Trump And DeSantis Shows A Total Blowout

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Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> has a seven point lead over former President Donald Trump in who Republican voters want to see as the party&#8217;s 2024 presidential nominee, according to a new poll released this week.
The Economist/YouGov <a href="https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/gebmjsbpbw/econTabReport.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a> found that Republican voters want DeSantis over Trump, 46% to 39%, and Independent voters also want DeSantis over Trump, 34% to 21%. For all voters, DeSantis had a whopping 15-point lead over the former president, 43% to 28%.
DeSantis beat Trump in every demographic that the poll measured except among Hispanic voters, as the two candidates were tied 37% to 37%.
DeSantis beat Trump in the following demographics: Men (+6%), women (+20%), whites (+15%), blacks (+17%), 18-29 year olds (+12%), 30-44 year olds (+1%), 45-64 year olds (+18%), 65+ year olds (+19%), income &lt;$50k (+6%), income $50-$100k (+22%), $100k+ (+15%), 2020 Biden Voters (+21%), 2020 Trump Voters (+11%), Democrats (+19%), Independents (+13%), Republicans (+7%), Liberals (+5%), Moderates (+19%), Conservatives (+18%), Urban (+8%), Suburban (+19%), and Rural (+11%).
The poll comes after a poll from YouGov last week found that DeSantis had gained an advantage over Trump in who Republicans wanted to see as the party&#8217;s 2024 nominee.
“More Republicans and Republican-leaning Independents now say they’d prefer DeSantis (42%) as their 2024 presidential nominee over Trump than say they’d prefer Trump to DeSantis (35%),” the survey <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-republican-leaning-independents-shift-in-who-they-want-to-be-gops-nominee-in-2024-poll" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a>. “That’s a reversal from nearly a month ago, when — according to a Yahoo News/YouGov poll of U.S. adults — just 35% preferred DeSantis and 45% said they preferred Trump.”
People who considered themselves to be strong Republicans were split evenly between the two candidates, but Independent-leaning Republicans supported DeSantis by a more than 2-to-1 margin.
Recent polls <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-trump-launches-third-bid-for-white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conducted</a> at the state-level have found similar trends among voters.
One poll, commissioned by the Club For Growth, found that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis had overtaken Trump 48% to 37% in Iowa, 52% to 37% in New Hampshire, 56% to 30% in Florida, and 55% to 35% in Georgia. Trump had previously led DeSantis in all of those states, as recently as just a few months ago, in that same poll. A separate poll, conducted by CWS Research, found that DeSantis is now up over Trump in the state of Texas by 11 points. Last month, Trump led DeSantis by 17 points.
A new poll released by Democrat pollster Stan Greenberg found that Trump beats President Joe Biden (D) in a 2024 matchup by 2 points while DeSantis beats Biden by 4 points. The poll also found that DeSantis &#8220;would give Republicans their best margin ever among Hispanics,&#8221; according to Visto Media founder and Republican strategist Giancarlo Sopo.
“It’s not surprising that as Americans grow tired of Joe Biden’s lackluster economy and rising crime in our cities, they see Florida as a great state and Gov. Ron DeSantis as a strong leader,” Sopo told The Daily Wire.
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&mdash; Giancarlo Sopo (@GiancarloSopo) <a href="https://twitter.com/GiancarloSopo/status/1593061701171433473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/two-gop-megadonors-both-trump-allies-announce-they-will-not-support-his-2024-presidential-campaign">Two GOP Megadonors, Both Trump Allies, Announce They Will Not Support His 2024 Presidential Campaign</a>

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DeSantis Has Strong Lead Over Trump In New 2024 Primary Poll, Beats Biden In Popular Vote

On <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2022-midterms">Election Day 2022</a>, Donald Trump couldn&#8217;t stand that the news of the day was going to be about &#8230; not him.
So as Republicans prepared a last day of campaigning in hopes of winning control of the House and Senate, Trump announced that he&#8217;d be making a &#8220;special announcement&#8221; in exactly one week.
But those seven days have been brutal for The Don. Nearly every election-denying candidate Trump endorsed lost. His hand-picked candidates in a slew of states, like Dr. Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania, went down in a blaze of shame.
Then Republicans and political pundits put the blame for the GOP&#8217;s dismal showing squarely on Trump. Exit polls found that a hefty chunk of voters came out just to vote against Trump&#8217;s candidates, and his presence was enough to throw some close races to the Democrats.
So far, so bad. But then came announcement night. Trump held the event at the gaudy ballroom at Mar-a-Lago with an elite list of invited guests.
But as Trump bloviated, some of those people grew weary and decided it was time to leave. They were bored by what ABC’s Jonathan Karl called an &#8220;incredibly low energy&#8221; speech &#8212; which timed out at just over an hour &#8212; so they headed for the exits.
ABC’s Olivia Rubin shot a video of a crowd moving toward the doors to leave as Trump rambled on in the background.
&#8220;A crowd has formed by the exit of the ballroom as some try to leave Trump’s announcement speech before he has finished…. But security won’t let them,&#8221; she wrote on Twitter.
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&mdash; Olivia Rubin (@OliviaRubinABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/OliviaRubinABC/status/1592720067200188417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Karl <a href="https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/11/16/crowd-leaving-trump-2024/">said</a>, &#8220;I actually saw people trying to leave and people leaving early even before he was done. He&#8217;s still speaking now. And then they, I think perhaps a little concerned that the hall would empty out too much, they actually started preventing people from leaving, so now they&#8217;re no longer allowing people to leave.&#8221;
Not unexpectedly, CNN and MSNBC gave the speech short shrift. But surprisingly, Fox News cut away from his speech before he was finished and never came back.
And things are going from bad to worse already.
&#8220;Even the Tea Party isn&#8217;t fully behind former President Donald Trump, as one of the movement&#8217;s founders, Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund Chair Jenny Beth Martin, said her influential group wouldn&#8217;t weigh in to the 2024 race until the Georgia runoff had concluded,&#8221; the Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11435841/Even-Tea-Party-isnt-fully-Trumps-2024-run.html">reported</a>.
Once-cowed Republicans openly blamed Trump for the midterm election losses &#8212; something that wouldn&#8217;t occur if he still wielded the clout he once had. And they also began to openly discuss other possible nominees for 2024, from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
The talk got so far along that political pundits began speculating about whether Trump would play spoiler by running as a third-party candidate should he be shunned by the GOP in the nominating process.
Max Burns, founder and chief strategist at Third Degree Strategies, told the Mail he didn&#8217;t think Trump would stoop so low.
&#8220;After how poorly Donald Trump handled his loss in 2020, I&#8217;m not sure he&#8217;d be willing to stick his neck out for a third party bid that would almost guarantee not only his loss, but Biden&#8217;s sweeping re-election,&#8221; Burns<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11436619/What-happens-Trump-doesnt-win-2024-Republican-nomination-Political-strategists-weigh-in.html"> said</a>. &#8220;But Trump&#8217;s unpredictability worries even Republicans: there&#8217;s just no predicting what he&#8217;ll do if his ego is bruised.&#8221;
But David Greenberg. a presidential and cultural historian at Rutgers University, told the UK paper that knocking Trump out will be a tall order.
&#8220;I don’t think that the GOP can &#8216;cast Trump out.&#8217; How? He has money and media exposure to run in the primaries and if he wins, he wins,&#8217; Greenberg said. &#8220;On the other hand, if he loses and does run on a third-party ticket &#8212; a huge question mark &#8212; it would obviously be a problem for the Republicans.&#8221;
But the historian noted that even if Trump were to pull in 10% of the vote, that could kill the Republicans in 2024.
&#8220;In a nation divided almost 50/50, where most of our presidential elections come down to very close votes in a few evenly balanced states, both parties need to retain the full breadth of their coalitions,&#8221; Greenberg said.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

Donald Trump Holds Campaign Rally In Dallas

Trump’s 2024 Launch Could NOT Be Going Worse

Former President Donald Trump's 2024 Launch Could NOT Be Going Worse

Jonathan Karl

Trump 2024

Two top allies of former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> announced Wednesday, the day after Trump announced his 2024 presidential campaign, that they will not support the former president.
Stephen Schwarzman, a billionaire investor, <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/16/trump-stephen-schwarzman-2024-presidential-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement early on Wednesday that he would not support Trump in the Republican Party primaries for president.
&#8220;America does better when its leaders are rooted in today and tomorrow, not today and yesterday,&#8221; Schwarzman said. &#8220;It is time for the Republican Party to turn to a new generation of leaders and I intend to support one of them in the presidential primaries.&#8221;
Later in the day, Ronald Lauder, a billionaire heir to the Estée Lauder fortune, announced through his spokesperson that he would not support Trump&#8217;s new campaign for president.
The spokesperson did not indicate who Lauder would support in 2024, but a report from CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/16/trump-ally-billionaire-megadonor-ronald-lauder-will-not-back-trumps-2024-run-for-president.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that he has repeatedly given to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
Citadel founder Ken Griffin, a Republican megadonor who is worth approximately $30 billion, recently took a shot at the former president, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-15/ken-griffin-to-three-time-loser-trump-step-aside-for-desantis?leadSource=uverify%20wall" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, &#8220;I’d like to think that the Republican party is ready to move on from somebody who has been for this party a three-time loser.&#8221;
Griffin has given millions to DeSantis&#8217; political operation and said that DeSantis is “going to run on a record of just unbelievable accomplishment.”
Griffin indicated he had a strong disgust for the woke indoctrination that is taking place in many schools across the country and stated he will back DeSantis if he runs for office.
The hedge fund CEO, who is worth approximately $30 billion, recently relocated his business from Chicago to Florida, and it wasn’t for the tax benefits.
“It’s gonna get me thrown out of here, but taxes weren’t part of our decision to come to Florida,” Griffin <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-08/ken-griffin-praises-new-florida-home-it-s-not-just-low-taxes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> this week. “When you’ve got great schools, a great environment and your streets are safe and clean, that’s when you’ve got a place you want to live in and call home. There’s something very special about the government in Florida and their focus on delivering traditional values for the community.”
Griffin specifically talked about the damage that woke schools had on his children in Chicago and how he has watched his kids flourish in Florida’s education system.
“My children went to a phenomenal school in Chicago … but their indoctrination in woke ideology was crushing,” Griffin <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/11/10/citadels-ken-griffin-woke-ideology-is-soul-crushing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “They came home very confused about whether or not the United States was a good country. And they came home confused about what they could or couldn’t say to a student who was Asian or otherwise of color.”
“My son was reprimanded for telling an Asian student he was good at math — for stereotyping,” Griffin continued. “And it’s unbelievable to see how that destroys the minds of children who are otherwise innocent and good and don’t think about these kinds of things.”
“Watching them transform here in school in Miami is perhaps the greatest gift Miami has given my family,” Griffin added.

Former President Donald Trump Makes Announcement At Mar-A-Lago

Two GOP Megadonors, Both Trump Allies, Announce They Will Not Support His 2024 Presidential Campaign

Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> downplayed Wednesday suggestions that there was a &#8220;civil war brewing&#8221; between himself and former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> for the party&#8217;s 2024 presidential nomination.
DeSantis made the remarks in response to a question while he was speaking in Matlacha, Florida, with officials about the state&#8217;s Hurricane Ian recovery efforts.
&#8220;We just finished this election, okay?&#8221; DeSantis said. &#8220;People just need to chill out a little bit on some of this stuff. I mean, seriously, we just ran an election. We have this Georgia runoff coming, which is very important for Republicans to win that Georgia runoff.&#8221;
&#8220;I mean, I know around the country, Florida was kind of the biggest bright spot, it was not so bright in many other parts of the country,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It was a substandard performance given the dynamics that are at play.&#8221;
DeSantis said that he was given the opportunity to continue as the state&#8217;s governor is because he focused on leading and delivering results for the residents of Florida.
DeSantis said that he wasted no time getting back to work after winning re-election last week in blowout fashion over Democratic opponent Charlie Crist.
&#8220;So at the end of the day, I think what we showed in Florida is just produce results, lead with conviction,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I never put my finger in the wind or took polls, I just did what I thought that was right. But what the election gives us the opportunity to do is to continue to deliver. And so we&#8217;re going to continue to deliver, we&#8217;re not going to look back. And I think that that&#8217;s very, very significant.&#8221;
&#8220;But what I think Florida has shown is that, you look at all the problems that the country is having with the inflation, the open border, all these different things, a lot of failures,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Florida is an example that you know what, you can get the big things right, you can get things right.&#8221;
He concluded addressing the issue by saying that he was focused on what more he could do to continue to make his state lead the country in governing.
&#8220;You know, the good thing about winning a big victory, we&#8217;ve got super majorities in the legislature now, and really, I think have have an opportunity to continue great momentum,&#8221; he said.
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JUST IN: Gov. Ron DeSantis asked about a &quot;GOP Civil War&quot;
&quot;We just finished this election, ok? People just need to chill out a little bit on some of this stuff, I mean seriously [&#8230;] We have this Georgia runoff coming, which is very important for Republicans to win.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/XduafoZJif">pic.twitter.com/XduafoZJif</a>
&mdash; Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/FLVoiceNews/status/1592910189417881601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Ron DeSantis Addresses Rumors Of GOP ‘Civil War’ Between Him And Donald Trump

Ron DeSantis Addresses Rumors Of GOP 'Civil War' Between Him And Donald Trump

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