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A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed Walt Disney’s lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and members of a state board for allegedly retaliating after the company criticized state limits on classroom discussion of sexuality. DeSantis and other defendants had urged U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor in Tallahassee, Florida, to dismiss the case because Disney could not sue them over constitutionally enacted state laws. Winsor was nominated by then-President Donald Trump in 2019 to fill a vacancy. “Disney lacks standing to sue the Governor or the Secretary,” the judge said in his ruling, according to a court filing. The company’s claims...

"It's going to require us working in our individual states using the tools that the Founding Fathers gave us to be able to take power away from DC and return it back to the American people to make sure that the incentives are to produce good government rather than self serving government," the governor said. the Florida Legislature is going to be certifying a series of amendments constitutional reforms under Article Five of the Constitution that will rein Washington in and that will hold Washington accountable." "We're in a great spot, because people look to us for leadership on a...

Can the federal government defy the law and force a state to allow a foreign invasion. James Madison didn’t think so

In his first interview since dropping out of the presidential race, DeSantis told Blaze TV’s Steve Deace that the blame is on Iowa caucusgoers who rallied behind front-runner Donald Trump even though many didn’t like him. “They did not want to see Trump nominated again, but they had basically been told that it was inevitable, that it was over,” DeSantis told Deace on Tuesday. DeSantis, who lost to Trump in the Iowa caucuses earlier this month, added that those voters were “checked out” and had “just totally dropped out of the process.” The Florida governor told Deace he’d consider running...

Ron DeSantis is seeking an 'off-ramp' from his 2024 campaign, according to reports, following a disappointing performance in Iowa - buoyed by the promise from Trump supporters to back him in 2028. Speaking on Tuesday in South Carolina, DeSantis said that Trump voters in Iowa had told him they would support him in four years. 'They were coming up to me saying, "We want you in 2028, we love you, man," he said. He told a similar story on NBC News. Andrew Romeo, the DeSantis campaign's communications director, said DeSantis was in the race 'for the long haul,' through South...

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) seems to have disappeared from the airwaves in early primary states despite his commitment to stay in the 2024 race. After losing to former President Donald Trump in the Iowa Republican caucuses Monday, coming in a distant second, DeSantis does not have any ads running in New Hampshire, South Carolina, or Nevada, according to ad tracking services. Not only has his campaign apparently gone silent, but the various super PACs supporting his 2024 bid have also vanished from television in the early nominating states.

On the menu today: The cover piece in the newest issue of National Review has Ron DeSantis fans grumbling that it’s far too early for such a gloomy assessment of his campaign because not a single vote has been cast yet. Fine, but to believe that DeSantis has a shot of winning Iowa, we need to believe that his support is at least 15 percentage points higher than his highest numbers in recent polling and that Donald Trump’s support is at least 15 percentage points lower than his lowest numbers in recent polling. (If you simply take DeSantis’s best number...

Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley is living in an alternate universe. Once considered one of the Republican Party’s rising stars, Haley is becoming more and more out of touch with her party as her long-shot presidential campaign drags on. ... DeSantis correctly called out Haley’s long record of cultural liberalism, including her veto of a bill in South Carolina that would have prevented biological men from using women’s bathrooms. “They had a bill to try to say that men shouldn’t go into girls’ bathrooms, and she killed that bill, and she bragged that she killed that bill — even...

Picking up momentum from his debate against California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom, Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis told Newsmax that exposing Democratic governance is a key way to advance the Republican Party's narrative before the 2024 election. "If you look at what California does, they're the petri dish of American leftism," DeSantis told "Saturday Agenda" host Rob Astorino, who was once the GOP gubernatorial nominee in the second-largest blue state of New York. "They're five years ahead of where [President Joe] Biden and people in D.C. and the national Democratic Party are, but you can bet your bottom dollar that...

Republican donors who were backing or considering backing Ron DeSantis and other alternative candidates to Donald Trump are now returning to the former president, recognizing his lead over his rivals appears insurmountable.“There is no doubt in my mind that Donald Trump will be the nominee of our party,” said Ed Broyhill, who served as Trump’s finance chairman in North Carolina in the last election but had been considering moving his support to DeSantis or Mike Pence in 2024.“I have met with all the candidates. None are close to the level of support Trump has,” he explained, noting Trump’s grassroots support...

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is running ads to promote the impending one-on-one debate against rival Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom amid their ongoing coast-to-coast feud. "Ron DeSantis is debating Gavin Newsom to highlight the choice facing American voters next year," the talking points added later. The campaign also released ads to promote the debate and encourage voters to "choose their fighter." "Who do you support?" the arcade game-themed advertisement reads.

GOP presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Saturday that he'd consider Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds as a potential running mate if he wins the Republican nomination. She appears to have other plans. But Reynolds demurred when asked in an interview Monday morning on Fox News if she'd accept the offer. "I am so focused," she told Fox News' Ainsley Earhardt. "I'm busy working on being the governor of the great state of Iowa."

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla) revealed why he decidednot to wait until 2028— or when former President Trump was out of the picture— to run for the GOP nomination. Outkick host Tomi Lahren asked DeSantis about voters who argued the governor should have waited for his "turn" to run in 2028 rather than 2024 against Trump, rejecting the idea that anyone is entitled to a turn at running for president. "First of all, in America, we don't have turns. People can run if they believe they have something to offer the country. I can tell you as somebody that's worn the...

The true test of leaders is when they put aside political self-interest. In Florida, political self-interest rose to an all-time high, following endless calls for Gov. Ron DeSantis to surrender his fight against Disney and the woke mob. Disney, the largest employer in the state of Florida, has pulled the strings of Tallahassee politicians for over 40 years. Those strings were finally cut when DeSantis became governor. Most standard politicians would’ve caved to the public pressure overnight. Especially if they were even contemplating a run for president. But DeSantis didn't. And his display of courage and conviction in the fight...

An Australian minister called Donald Trump Jr. a “big baby” after he postponed his tour to the country on Wednesday, according to the tour’s promoter. Australian Home Minister Clare O’Neil called the former president’s son a “big baby” in now-deleted tweets after Turning Point Australia announced his three-day tour was being postponed. In a series of posts reported Thursday by Reuters, she blasted Trump Jr. by saying he had been granted a visa. “Geez, Donald Trump Jr is a bit of sore loser,” she said in the tweets. “Donald Trump Jr has been given a visa to come to Australia....

More than 200 new Florida laws take effect Saturday… … DeSantis has taken a hard line on illegal immigration as he campaigns, saying he’ll finish the Mexican border wall his one-time supporter, Donald Trump, promised to build... he doesn’t just talk tough on illegal immigration, but he’s put in place what some critics say the harshest state law in the country… Any company with 25 or more employees to use E-Verify to document new hires’ eligibility to work or face a loss of business license or fines of $1,000 per day per employee… Hospitals that accept Medicaid to ask patients...

When I pressed him on why DeSantis seems so publicly fixated on the MAGA wing of the GOP, Cox was charitable. “It’s a really tough party right now,” he said. “No one else has figured out how to unify and bring the party together. [DeSantis] has clearly made the calculation he needs to be a good alternative for Trump diehard voters out there.” The assumption, other top Republicans say, is that more moderate Republicans like Cox will fall in line with DeSantis because the alternative is Trump. I’m less convinced of that, at least for now. DeSantis may have to...

Ron DeSantis grappled with how not to "piss off" then-President Donald Trump's voters during 2018 debate preparation sessions in his first campaign for Florida governor, according to videos obtained by ABC News. In the videos, the then-congressman can be seen talking through how to answer a mock question on whether there are any issues on which he disagrees with Trump. The question was posed to him by Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, who participated in the mock sessions. "Obviously there is, I mean, I voted contrary to him in the Congress," DeSantis said in the video. He added, "I have to...

Former President Donald Trump received an endorsement from Representative Lance Gooden just after the Texas Republican held a meeting with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.A press release shared to Gooden's Twitter account on Tuesday said that the congressman had made the decision to endorse Trump "today, after careful consideration and a positive meeting" with the former president's potential 2024 GOP presidential primary rival DeSantis.The Florida governor, who has not officially announced his candidacy but widely believed to be preparing to challenge Trump, was in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday for a "meet-and-greet" event with multiple lawmakers, according to Miami ABC affiliate WPLG."I...

Former President Donald Trump is leading Gov. Ron DeSantis in Florida in the latest Victory Insights survey, which shows a 25-point swing from DeSantis to Trump head-to-head since November.In a crowded field in the Sunshine State, Trump takes an eight-point lead over DeSantis, leading 42.9 percent to 34.8 percent.-- cut --2024 Florida Republican Primary:Trump 43% (+8)DeSantis 35%Ramaswamy 4%Haley 3%Hutchinson 1%Johnson 0%.Head-2-Head:Trump 47% (+15)DeSantis 32%.@VictoryPolling, 1,000 LV, 4/6-8https://t.co/HaNHExFifS— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) April 10, 2023Trump’s lead expands even greater when DeSantis is taken out of the scenario, leading 65.9 percent to Haley’s 7.8 percent. In that scenario, 22.4 percent remain undecided.The survey...