<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
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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

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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.”

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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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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) laid out the roadmap this weekend for Republicans to dominate politically in the coming years following Republicans&#8217; blowout wins earlier this month in the midterm elections.
DeSantis made the remarks during a 25-minute speech on Saturday at the annual leadership meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition.
The governor, who numerous recent polls have shown is the top candidate to be the Republican Party&#8217;s presidential nominee in 2024, began by highlighting the success of Republicans in the state of Florida during the midterms.
&#8220;We added four new Republican congressmen to the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of Florida,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We secured super majorities in the Florida legislature, the most Republicans we&#8217;ve ever had in Florida history. We helped elect 26 new conservative school board members all across the state of Florida. And we even won the state House seat that includes Miami Beach, not typically viewed as a Republican stronghold.&#8221;
&#8220;And because of the support of so many of you to our campaign, we delivered the greatest gubernatorial victory in the history of the state of Florida,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;We dominated with independent voters, we secured record margins with Hispanic voters, we swept the suburbs all across the state of Florida. Our margins with rural voters were gravity defying, we won by double digits, Miami Dade County. We won for the first time in almost 40 years, Palm Beach County.&#8221;
DeSantis said that the election results showed that the state should be the &#8220;blueprint for success&#8221; for the party moving forward.
&#8220;And I think some of the things that we do that work are we&#8217;re all about exercising leadership, and delivering results for the people that we represent,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I did not take any polls when I became governor all the way through this entire term. The job of a leader is not to stick your finger in the wind and try to contort yourself to wherever public opinion may be trending on one given moment. No, the job of a leader is to set out a vision, to execute that vision, to show people that it&#8217;s the right vision and to deliver concrete results. And when you do that, the people respond.&#8221;
DeSantis then highlighted numerous policy initiatives that he took on during his first term as governor, including several on the cultural battlefield, like fighting against woke indoctrination and fighting to protect women&#8217;s sports.
&#8220;What we&#8217;ve shown in Florida is you can stand up for truth, you can stand on principle, you can fight the woke elite, and you can win,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And I think this is important because the survival of the American experiment requires a revival of the enduring American principles that make this country unique. And Florida&#8217;s formula is everything we do is rooted in those founding principles of our country, we douse it with a very heavy dose of common sense, which is in very short supply nowadays. And we buttress that, with having the courage to lead on issues where you know, you may get incoming fire, but that&#8217;s the price of leadership nowadays.&#8221;
&#8220;Anything you do that&#8217;s meaningful, you are going to have people that are going to shoot at you, they&#8217;re going to take potshots at you, they&#8217;re going to criticize you, they&#8217;re going to smear you, you got to be willing to stand strong, you got to be willing to take those hits, and keep on going,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;But guess what, when you stand up for what&#8217;s right, when you show people you&#8217;re willing to fight for them, they will walk over broken glass barefoot to come vote for you. And that&#8217;s exactly what they did for me on November 8 in record numbers. But what we&#8217;ve shown is people respond to strong leadership.&#8221;
DeSantis noted that the last couple of years under President Joe Biden&#8217;s (D) leadership have been difficult and that Florida has shown that &#8220;in times like these, there is no substitute for victory.&#8221;
&#8220;We in Florida are the light, freedom will reign supreme with Florida leading the way,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I can tell you this, we&#8217;ve got a lot more to do and I have only begun to fight.&#8221;
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‘There Is No Substitute For Victory’: Ron DeSantis Lays Out The Roadmap For Republicans To Dominate

Ron DeSantis Lays Out The Roadmap For Republicans To Dominate

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A federal judge appointed by former President Barack <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/obama-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Obama</a> faced backlash this week for issuing a preliminary injunction against a law signed by Republican Florida Gov. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> that targets woke indoctrination in higher education.
Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker issued the ruling Thursday against the “Stop Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees (W.O.K.E.) Act,” officially dubbed the Individual Freedom Act. The judge’s move means that the law cannot be enforced on college campuses for now.
&#8220;The law officially bans professors from expressing disfavored viewpoints in university classrooms while permitting unfettered expression of the opposite viewpoints,&#8221; Walker wrote in his <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flnd.443792/gov.uscourts.flnd.443792.44.0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">order</a>. &#8220;Defendants argue that, under this Act, professors enjoy &#8216;academic freedom&#8217; so long as they express only those viewpoints of which the State approves. This is positively dystopian.&#8221;
Walker claimed that &#8220;our professors are critical to a healthy democracy&#8221; and referred to them as &#8220;priests of democracy&#8221; who &#8220;shed light on challenging ideas.&#8221;
Christopher J. Scalia, the son of former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, responded to Walker&#8217;s sentence referring to professors being the &#8220;priests of democracy&#8221; by saying, &#8220;That whole sentence is embarrassing.&#8221;
&#8220;We need to start getting rid of these repulsive judges — or giving them IQ tests,&#8221; political commentator David Reaboi tweeted. &#8220;This clown is dumber than dirt.&#8221;
&#8220;Whatever happened to separation of church and state,&#8221; attorney Will Chamberlain tweeted. &#8220;If professors are &#8216;priests of democracy&#8217; then universities are churches, and must do without all government funding.&#8221;
&#8220;Ah yes, the American university, a flourishing marketplace of ideas,&#8221; law professor Adrian Vermeule tweeted sarcastically. &#8220;&#8216;Priests of democracy&#8217; is correct, although not in the sense the judge intended.&#8221;
The Daily Signal&#8217;s Jarrett Stepman tweeted, &#8220;&#8216;Priests of democracy.&#8217; The left actually wants to publicly fund religion, as long as it’s their religion.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7/BillText/er/PDF" target="_blank" rel="noopener">law</a>, which the Florida legislature <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-critical-race-theory-education-stop-woke-act/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> in March, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-judge-suspends-stop-woke-act-in-florida">prohibits</a> public K-12 schools and universities from teaching eight concepts that constitute “discrimination” and lets parents sue if their children are taught those concepts. It also targets employers who require their workers to partake in woke trainings.
The banned concepts include that a person is “inherently” racist or sexist “whether consciously or unconsciously” due to his race or sex, that a person “bears personal responsibility for and must feel guilt” for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race, and that virtues like hard work, fairness, objectivity, and racial colorblindness are racist.
The act enhances enforcement of the Florida education board’s June <a href="https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2021/06/10/keep-critical-race-theory-out-of-schools-desantis-tells-state-board/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decision</a> to ban public schools from teaching Critical Race Theory and the 1619 Project, which reframes American history with slavery at the center.
DeSantis and Republican lawmakers have touted the law, saying it will prevent both students and employees in Florida from harmful, woke classes and trainings.
“In Florida we are taking a stand against the state-sanctioned racism that is Critical Race Theory,” DeSantis <a href="https://www.flgov.com/2021/12/15/governor-desantis-announces-legislative-proposal-to-stop-w-o-k-e-activism-and-critical-race-theory-in-schools-and-corporations/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in December when announcing the bill. “We won’t allow Florida tax dollars to be spent teaching kids to hate our country or to hate each other.”
DeSantis added at the time that Florida must protect workers against the “hostile work environment that is created when large corporations force their employees to endure CRT-inspired ‘training’ and indoctrination.”
DeSantis’ office said they “strongly disagree” with Thursday’s ruling and plan to appeal it.
“This recent ruling included several victories for our legal team. We expect many more and ultimately to prevail in this litigation,” Bryan Griffin, press secretary for DeSantis’ office, said in a statement to The Daily Wire.
“The Stop W.O.K.E. Act protects the open exchange of ideas by prohibiting teachers or employers who hold agency over others from forcing discriminatory concepts on students as part of classroom instruction or on employees as a condition of maintaining employment. An ‘open-minded and critical’ environment necessitates that one is free from discrimination,” Griffin said.
Mairead Elordi contributed to this report.

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Obama Judge Faces Backlash For Halting DeSantis’ ‘Stop WOKE Act’: ‘This Clown Is Dumber Than Dirt’

Obama Judge Faces Backlash For Halting DeSantis' 'Stop WOKE Act': 'This Clown Is Dumber Than Dirt'

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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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Ron DeSantis — 66% (+45) Donald Trump — 21%<a href="https://twitter.com/SachsMediaGrp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SachsMediaGrp</a> | 600 LV | 11/11<a href="https://t.co/Bl1bAWFXz4">https://t.co/Bl1bAWFXz4</a> <a href="https://t.co/MSZsHLvrIF">pic.twitter.com/MSZsHLvrIF</a>
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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.

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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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According to a new poll from Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg, if the 2024 election were held today, Gov. Ron DeSantis would not only win the popular vote, he would give Republicans their best margin ever among Hispanics. <a href="https://t.co/33zZFAp45X">pic.twitter.com/33zZFAp45X</a>
&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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DeSantis Has Strong Lead Over Trump In New 2024 Primary Poll, Beats Biden In Popular Vote

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily halted enforcement of a law known as the &#8220;Stop WOKE Act&#8221; at Florida <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/education" target="_blank" rel="noopener">universities</a>.
Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker issued a preliminary injunction against the &#8220;Stop Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees (W.O.K.E.) Act,&#8221; officially dubbed the Individual Freedom Act. The judge&#8217;s move means that the law cannot be enforced on college campuses for now.
&#8220;This is positively dystopian,&#8221; Walker wrote in his <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flnd.443792/gov.uscourts.flnd.443792.44.0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">order</a>. &#8220;The law officially bans professors from expressing disfavored viewpoints in university classrooms while permitting unfettered expression of the opposite viewpoints.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7/BillText/er/PDF" target="_blank" rel="noopener">law</a>, which the Florida legislature <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-critical-race-theory-education-stop-woke-act/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> in March, prohibits public K-12 schools and universities from teaching eight concepts that constitute &#8220;discrimination&#8221; and lets parents sue if their children are taught those concepts. It also targets employers who require their workers to partake in woke trainings.
The banned concepts include that a person is &#8220;inherently&#8221; racist or sexist &#8220;whether consciously or unconsciously&#8221; due to his race or sex, that a person &#8220;bears personal responsibility for and must feel guilt&#8221; for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race, and that virtues like hard work, fairness, objectivity, and racial colorblindness are racist.
“‘It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen,’ and the powers in charge of Florida’s public university system have declared the State has unfettered authority to muzzle its professors in the name of ‘freedom,’” Walker wrote, quoting George Orwell&#8217;s dystopian novel &#8220;1984.&#8221;
The judge also quoted Orwell&#8217;s remark that, “if liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
The Act enhances enforcement of the Florida education board&#8217;s June <a href="https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2021/06/10/keep-critical-race-theory-out-of-schools-desantis-tells-state-board/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decision</a> to ban public schools from teaching Critical Race Theory and the 1619 Project, which reframes American history with slavery at the center.
In September, a professor and student at the University of South Florida <a href="https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/politics-issues/2022-09-07/usf-professor-student-organization-lawsuit-florida-race-based-teaching" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed</a> a lawsuit against the law. The lawsuit alleged that the law infringes on their First Amendment rights and threatens the professor&#8217;s livelihood.
USF history professor Adriana Novoa and student Sam Rechek celebrated the judge&#8217;s decision Thursday.
“It is a happy day not only for Sam and me, but for the institutions of this country,” Novoa said in a <a href="https://www.thefire.org/news/victory-after-fire-lawsuit-court-halts-enforcement-key-provisions-stop-woke-act-limiting-how" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">statement</a> through the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), which is representing the two.
“I hope that the courts will defend the existence of a public education that cannot be manipulated by politicians to push any ideology, now and in the future,” the professor said.
Governor Ron DeSantis and Republican lawmakers have touted the law, saying it will prevent both students and employees in Florida from harmful, woke classes and trainings.
“In Florida we are taking a stand against the state-sanctioned racism that is Critical Race Theory,” DeSantis <a href="https://www.flgov.com/2021/12/15/governor-desantis-announces-legislative-proposal-to-stop-w-o-k-e-activism-and-critical-race-theory-in-schools-and-corporations/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in December when announcing the bill. “We won’t allow Florida tax dollars to be spent teaching kids to hate our country or to hate each other.&#8221;
DeSantis added at the time that Florida must protect workers against the &#8220;hostile work environment that is created when large corporations force their employees to endure CRT-inspired ‘training’ and indoctrination.&#8221;
DeSantis&#8217; office said they &#8220;strongly disagree&#8221; with Thursday&#8217;s ruling and plan to appeal it.
&#8220;This recent ruling included several victories for our legal team. We expect many more and ultimately to prevail in this litigation,&#8221; Bryan Griffin, press secretary for DeSantis&#8217; office, said in a statement to The Daily Wire.
&#8220;The Stop W.O.K.E. Act protects the open exchange of ideas by prohibiting teachers or employers who hold agency over others from forcing discriminatory concepts on students as part of classroom instruction or on employees as a condition of maintaining employment. An ‘open-minded and critical’ environment necessitates that one is free from discrimination,&#8221; Griffin said.

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Federal Judge Suspends ‘Stop WOKE Act’ In Florida

Federal Judge Suspends 'Stop WOKE Act' In Florida

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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.

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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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&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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Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> (R) said during a press conference Tuesday that the way Republicans have governed in the state of Florida is the blueprint for how Republicans can &#8220;fundamentally change the overall political terrain in a very strong pro-freedom direction.&#8221;
DeSantis made the remarks after responding to questions about former President Donald Trump&#8217;s repeated attacks on him.
&#8220;We focused on results and leadership. And, you know, at the end of the day, I would just tell people to go check out the scoreboard from last Tuesday night,&#8221; DeSantis said. &#8220;The fact of the matter is, it was the greatest Republican victory in the history of the state of Florida. And it wasn&#8217;t just the best governor victory, of course it was that, but we swept in super majorities in the Florida Legislature.&#8221;
&#8220;We have 85 Republicans out of 120 in our state house, we&#8217;ve never had that many before,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;We have 28 senators out of 40 that are Republicans, never had that many. &#8230; We had 16 Republican members of the U.S. House from Florida, now we have 20 going up there. So that&#8217;s four, four seats right there. So at the end of the day, I think people respond to the leadership, they respond to the results.&#8221;
When talking about the GOP&#8217;s lackluster performance in the midterms, DeSantis said that it was just a reality that there were &#8220;a lot of disappointments&#8221; in the results for the party.
&#8220;It was a hugely underwhelming, disappointing performance, especially given that Biden&#8217;s policies are overwhelmingly unpopular, people think the country is going in the wrong direction,&#8221; DeSantis said. &#8220;The one place I think that people can look to as the blueprint is Florida. Because what have we done? I mean, you know, we came in, I had a very close election. In fact, before I became governor, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, all the major races, governor, presidential, were one point or less for that time. So in my race, was less than a point in 2018. And so we came in to a very, very large, diverse swing state. And we led, and we were on offense, and we didn&#8217;t, we didn&#8217;t shy away from big issues, we took on those issues. And we won victory after victory for the people of Florida.&#8221;
&#8220;We get people to vote for us who may not be in our party,&#8221; he later added. &#8220;And that&#8217;s really what you need to do. You don&#8217;t build, you don&#8217;t win by a million and a half votes if you only get your own party. And so what we were able to do, yes, obviously, we got a lot of Republicans turning out because they were supportive, and we appreciate that. But you know, we won Independents by between 15 and 20 points. We probably won 60% of Hispanics, statewide. That&#8217;s a record, no Republican has ever done that. I don&#8217;t think anyone&#8217;s ever done that. We won women, that hasn&#8217;t been done by a Republican governor for 20 years. So we did that. We won Miami Dade County, biggest, most urban county in Florida, 70% Latino, and not only did we win it for the first time in 20 years, we won it by 11%. It was a landslide down in Miami Dade. Not only that, we won Palm Beach County, which has not been won by a Republican for governor in almost 40 years. And we were able to win Palm Beach, which people didn&#8217;t think was necessarily possible.”
“You look at Osceola County, you know, we flipped that, I mean a huge swing in our direction. Again, that&#8217;s a predominantly Hispanic county. And so I think that what Florida showed is that the good policies, and the good leadership can reverberate just beyond your little silo of the people that agree with you on everything. You know, we had people coming out to vote for us who may not have voted for Republicans in the past. And I think that, ultimately, is the way forward.&#8221;
&#8220;And I think the other governors who were successful, had similar programs,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;I think some of the others around the country, you had situations where these Independent voters aren&#8217;t voting for our candidates, even with Biden in the White House and the failures that we&#8217;re seeing, you know, that&#8217;s a problem. And so Florida, I think really shows the blueprint of what you can do to not only win, but really fundamentally change the overall political terrain in a very strong pro-freedom direction. And that&#8217;s what we&#8217;ve done here.&#8221;
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<blockquote>RON DESANTIS, FLORIDA GOVERNOR (R): Well, you know, one of the things I&#8217;ve learned in this job is when you&#8217;re doing, when you&#8217;re leading, when you&#8217;re getting things done, you take incoming fire, that&#8217;s just the nature of it. I roll out of bed in the morning, I&#8217;ve got corporate media outlets that have a spasm, just the fact that I&#8217;m getting up in the morning, and it&#8217;s constantly attacking, and this is just what&#8217;s happened.
I don&#8217;t think any governor got attacked more particularly by corporate media than me over my four-year term. And yet, I think what you learn is all that&#8217;s just noise. And really what matters is: Are you leading? Are you getting in front of issues? Are you delivering results for people? And are you standing up for folks? And if you do that, then none of that stuff matters. And that&#8217;s what we&#8217;ve done.
We focused on results and leadership. And, you know, at the end of the day, I would just tell people to go check out the scoreboard from last Tuesday night. The fact of the matter is, it was the greatest Republican victory in the history of the state of Florida. And it wasn&#8217;t just the best governor victory, of course it was that, but we swept in super majorities in the Florida Legislature. We have 85 Republicans out of 120 in our state house, we&#8217;ve never had that many before. We have 28 senators out of 40 that are Republicans, never had that many. And honestly, they could have had 29, if they would have done the Osceola one, you know, we won Osceola County, at the top of the ticket. And I think we probably could have done that. So you see that, you see the school boards where we&#8217;re electing all these great people to school boards. We had 16 Republican members of the U.S. House from Florida, now we have 20 going up there. So that&#8217;s four, four seats right there. So at the end of the day, I think people respond to the leadership, they respond to the results. And so that&#8217;s why, even though I know anytime I do anything, you&#8217;re over the target, you know, you&#8217;re gonna face incoming, that&#8217;s just the nature of it. But that&#8217;s not ultimately what matters to people. What matters to people is: Are you standing up for them? Are you leading? And are you getting things done? And we are.
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Well, look, I mean, I think some of this stuff gets a little bit overdone in some of the media, I mean, at the end of the day, you know, you had an election nationwide. There were some success stories across the country. I mean, I think Georgia governor, I think Ohio, I think Texas, but there were a lot, a lot of disappointments. I mean, that&#8217;s just the reality. It was a hugely underwhelming, disappointing performance, especially given that Biden&#8217;s policies are overwhelmingly unpopular, people think the country is going in the wrong direction. &#8230; Well, the one place I think, that people can look to as the blueprint is Florida. Because what have we done? I mean, you know, we came in, I had a very close election. In fact, before I became governor, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, all the major races, governor, presidential, were one point or less for that time. So in my race, was less than a point in 2018. And so we came in to a very, very large, diverse swing state. And we led, and we were on offense, and we didn&#8217;t, we didn&#8217;t shy away from big issues, we took on those issues. And we won victory after victory for the people of Florida.
Of course, when you had COVID come, you know, I had to stand on the wall and say, &#8216;You know what, we&#8217;re not going to let this state descend into a Faucian dystopia. We&#8217;re going to stand up for people, we&#8217;re going to keep things going and so we did that, and people appreciate that. But we were bold throughout this whole four years. I didn&#8217;t have my finger in the wind. I wasn&#8217;t trying to contort myself into being something that I&#8217;m not, everyone knew where I stood, everyone knew what we were doing. And we did it. But I think what it shows is that, you know, if people see that you&#8217;re leading and they see that you mean what you say and say what you mean, and that you&#8217;re willing to and you&#8217;re able to deliver results.
We get people to vote for us who may not be in our party. And that&#8217;s really what you need to do. You don&#8217;t build, you don&#8217;t win by a million and a half votes if you only get your own party. And so what we were able to do, yes, obviously, we got a lot of Republicans turning out because they were supportive, and we appreciate that. But you know, we won Independents by between 15 and 20 points. We probably won 60% of Hispanics, statewide. That&#8217;s a record, no Republican has ever done that. I don&#8217;t think anyone&#8217;s ever done that. We won women, that hasn&#8217;t been done by a Republican governor for 20 years. So we did that. We won Miami Dade County, biggest, most urban county in Florida, 70% Latino, and not only did we win it for the first time in 20 years, we won it by 11%. It was a landslide down in Miami Dade. Not only that, we won Palm Beach County, which has not been won by a Republican for governor in almost 40 years. And we were able to win Palm Beach, which people didn&#8217;t think was necessarily possible.
You look at Osceola County, you know, we flipped that, I mean a huge swing in our direction. Again, that&#8217;s a predominantly Hispanic county. And so I think that what what Florida showed is that the good policies, and the good leadership can reverberate just beyond your little silo of the people that agree with you on everything. You know, we had people coming out to vote for us who may not have voted for Republicans in the past. And I think that, ultimately, is the way forward. And I think the other governors who were successful, had similar programs. I think some of the others around the country, you had situations where these Independent voters aren&#8217;t voting for our candidates, even with Biden in the White House and the failures that we&#8217;re seeing, you know, that&#8217;s a problem. And so Florida, I think, really shows the blueprint of what you can do to not only win, but really fundamentally change the overall political terrain in a very strong pro-freedom direction. And that&#8217;s what we&#8217;ve done here.</blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-desantis-responds-to-repeated-attacks-from-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DeSantis Responds To Repeated Attacks From Trump</a>

Marco Rubio And Ron DeSantis Campaign In Orlando One Day Before Midterms

DeSantis On GOP’s Lackluster Midterm Performance: Florida’s The ‘Blueprint’ For How To Dominate Politics

2022 Midterms

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) responded to repeated attacks from former President Donald Trump during a press conference on Tuesday, saying it&#8217;s &#8220;just noise&#8221; and he&#8217;s focused on delivering for voters at the highest level possible.
DeSantis was asked by a reporter what he thinks about Trump&#8217;s &#8220;big announcement&#8221; tonight and his thoughts about Trump repeatedly attacking him.
&#8220;Well, you know, one of the things I&#8217;ve learned in this job is when you&#8217;re doing, when you&#8217;re leading, when you&#8217;re getting things done, you take incoming fire, that&#8217;s just the nature of it,&#8221; DeSantis said. &#8220;I roll out of bed in the morning, I&#8217;ve got corporate media outlets that have a spasm, just the fact that I&#8217;m getting up in the morning, and it&#8217;s constantly attacking, and this is just what&#8217;s happened.&#8221;
&#8220;I don&#8217;t think any governor got attacked more particularly by corporate media than me over my four-year term,&#8221; DeSantis continued. &#8220;And yet, I think what you learn is all that&#8217;s just noise. And really what matters is: Are you leading? Are you getting in front of issues? Are you delivering results for people? And are you standing up for folks? And if you do that, then none of that stuff matters. And that&#8217;s what we&#8217;ve done.&#8221;
&#8220;We focused on results and leadership. And, you know, at the end of the day, I would just tell people to go check out the scoreboard from last Tuesday night,&#8221; DeSantis continued. &#8220;The fact of the matter is, it was the greatest Republican victory in the history of the state of Florida.&#8221;
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&quot;All that&#39;s just noise&#8230;I would just tell people to go check out the scoreboard from last Tuesday night.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/hDWeAm0pfM">pic.twitter.com/hDWeAm0pfM</a>
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Trump has repeatedly tried to label DeSantis as &#8220;Ron DeSanctimonious,&#8221; which has failed to stick, and he launched an unprovoked attack after last week&#8217;s midterm elections over DeSantis&#8217; much-praised handling of the coronavirus pandemic after last week&#8217;s midterm elections.
DeSantis has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-trump-launches-unprovoked-attack-on-ron-desantis-for-his-handling-of-covid-pandemic">widely praised</a> by conservatives, moderates, and even some liberals for the way that he responded to the pandemic as he battled against measures touted by Dr. Anthony Fauci and refused to shut down his state’s economy and public school system. More Americans moved to Florida during the pandemic than moved to any other state as a result of how the state handled the pandemic.
Trump began his statement with a long-winded sentence, saying, “NewsCorp, which is Fox, the Wall Street Journal, and the no longer great New York Post (bring back Col!), is all in for Governor Ron DeSanctimonious, an average REPUBLICAN Governor with great Public Relations, who didn’t have to close up his State, but did, unlike other Republican Governors, whose overall numbers for a Republican, were just average—middle of the pack—including COVID, and who has the advantage of SUNSHINE, where people from badly run States up North would go no matter who the Governor was, just like I did!”
Trump continued by saying that DeSantis was “desperate” in 2017 and that DeSantis “had low approval, bad polls, and no money, but he said that if I would Endorse him, he could win.”
“I also fixed his campaign, which had completely fallen apart,” Trump continued. “I was all in for Ron, and he beat Gillum, but after the Race, when votes were being stolen by the corrupt Election process in Broward County, and Ron was going down ten thousand votes a day, along with now-Senator Rick Scott, I sent in the FBI and the U.S. Attorneys, and the ballot theft immediately ended, just prior to them running out of the votes necessary to win. I stopped his Election from being stolen…”
“And now, Ron DeSanctimonious is playing games!” Trump concluded in his attack on DeSantis. “The Fake News asks him if he’s going to run if President Trump runs, and he says, ‘I’m only focused on the Governor’s race, I’m not looking into the future.’ Well, in terms of loyalty and class, that’s really not the right answer.”

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DeSantis Responds To Repeated Attacks From Trump

2024

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) responded to questions from reporters Monday about whether she would endorse former President Donald Trump (R) for president again by saying that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) is the current leader of the Republican Party.
Lummis made the remarks while talking about the Republican Party&#8217;s underperformance in midterm elections last week and the upcoming U.S. Senate runoff race in Georgia between Herschel Walker (R) and Raphael Warnock (D).
Politico reporter Burgess Everett asked Lummis if she would endorse Trump for office again ahead of his expected announcement tomorrow that he will run for president in 2024.
“I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s the right question. The question is: who is the current leader of the Republican Party? Oh, I know who it is: Ron DeSantis,” Lummis <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/14/republicans-trump-2024-00066874">answered</a>. “Ron DeSantis is the leader of the Republican Party, whether he wants to be or not.”
Another reporter <a href="https://twitter.com/AudreyFahlberg/status/1592290572517220354">quoted</a> Lummis as saying, &#8220;In my opinion, the current leader of the Republican Party is Ron DeSantis.&#8221;
Other Republican senators have made similar remarks in recent days, including Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), who was asked over the weekend whether Trump should “remain the leader of the Republican Party.”
“When the party — when any party is out of power, as Republicans are now, we don’t have a single leader,” Cotton <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-cotton-trump-not-gops-single-leader-we-have-important-other-leaders-like-ron-desantis-brian-kemp">said</a>. “The former president is obviously very popular with many of our voters. But we also have important other leaders as well, like some of those victors I just mentioned earlier, like Brian Kemp in Georgia, Ron DeSantis in Florida.”
“Last year, you had Glenn Youngkin have a great victory in a bluish Democratic state like Virginia,” he continued. “I hope to remain a leader in the United States Senate as well, in addition to people like some of those I just mentioned who were re-elected, like Tim Scott. So, when you’re in opposition, you don’t have a single leader. That won’t be the case until we’re through the ’24 nominating season, and we have — we have a new nominee.”
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