Posted on 01/12/2022 3:49:02 PM PST by conservative98
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is widely being discussed as a potential 2024 candidate for Republicans -- and he's doing little to knock down that chatter. And, his state of the state speech on Tuesday gave us all a preview of how DeSantis would run if he runs.
"Florida has become the escape hatch for those chafing under authoritarian, arbitrary and seemingly never-ending mandates and restrictions," DeSantis said, adding that Florida was now "the freest state in these United States."
DeSantis repeatedly touted his willingness to buck so-called conventional wisdom during his first term -- particularly when it came to dealing with the spread of Covid-19 in his state. DeSantis made mention of his decision to re-open Florida schools fully in the fall of 2020.
"We were right and they were wrong," DeSantis said, in what could easily double for a presidential campaign if/when he runs.
And, make no mistake: What DeSantis was doing in his speech was positioning himself for just such a run. Which feels like a natural next step from the first three years of DeSantis' time as governor; he has used his position to not only differentiate himself on Covid-19 mandates (and masking) but play directly into the arms of the Donald Trump base of the party -- on everything from "woke" culture in education to restrictive voting rights in the state.
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Trump is taking notice of DeSantis' jockeying.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
I saw Trump tweet a lot and make a bunch of promises during his campaign but I never really saw him put up much of a fight over anything.
Take off the rose-colored glasses and then ask yourself, what did he truly fight for? What battles did he win?
You deserve Rubio and Jeb…
Trump worked and fought both parties, congress, the deep state, our Allie’s, etc. +20 hours a day.
Yes often in the public square.
In regards to what trump fought for and accomplished, here is a summary:
https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/trump-administration-accomplishments/
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