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TAMPA, Fla. – Governor Ron DeSantis held a press conference at the Florida State Fair in Tampa on Thursday at 12:25 p.m.

JUST IN: Governor Ron DeSantis gets handed a participation trophy by a man during a campaign stop in Iowa, drawing some laughs from the crowd. "Real quick before we get started. Thank you everyone. Governor DeSantis, I want to present to you this participation trophy." "Now, you're probably not gonna win the election, right? But we're proud of you for trying. He's special. He's unique and he's our little snowflake."

Stopping the Swamp in Iowa with Governor @KimReynoldsIA and South Carolina Senator @JoshKimbrellSC! Just 17 days until caucus night! pic.twitter.com/QZL20SNa8E— Team DeSantis (@TeamDeSantis) December 29, 2023

Can't really make out the heckler's gripe, something about a sex offender in a FL school? @livenowfox

DURHAM, N.H. — Nearly 100 people gathered to hear Ron DeSantis’ updated pitch for the Republican presidential nomination in the basement of a shared-office center in Windham, New Hampshire, Friday night. After half a year on the campaign trail, the Florida governor is clearly more comfortable than he was during his early foray into this state in June, mixing light humor in with policy proposals like shooting border-crossers. When he first started campaigning here, he didn’t honor the tradition of taking questions from the stage. On Friday, he fielded query after query for long enough that the crowd, most of...

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took more than $11,000 in campaign donations from the CEO of a Tampa refrigerant company backed by China, according to a report.According to a report in the Miami Herald, the donation was “just the latest in years” of financial support that the company, iGas USA, has given DeSantis. The report said that DeSantis even held a rally at the company’s Tampa complex.The report said:The rally and contributions are part of a recent wave of political giving by iGas and entities associated with its CEO, Xianbin (Ben) Meng. All told, the companies and employees...

Just a day after Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced her endorsement for GOP candidate Ron DeSantis, the two stopped at a Davenport restaurant to meet with voters. Over 200 people attended the campaign event at the Machine Shed restaurant Tuesday morning. Senior advisers for DeSantis are outlining a difficult path to the Republican presidential nomination that can succeed only by first denying former President Donald Trump "a big win" in Iowa, The memo, distributed late Monday to the campaign's national donor network and to another group of uncommitted billionaires known as the American Opportunity Alliance, argues that other Republican candidates,...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hosted a presidential campaign event in Tampa on Thursday to tout his “law and order” agenda. Jeff Patterson reports.

Gov. DeSantis Delivers Remarks at the God Above Government Rally in Des Moines, Iowa https://t.co/4pKZsja0nF— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) September 16, 2023When you're at an Iowa church and 1 pastor is for you & the other 3 are for Trump #DeSantis 🐊🤣 pic.twitter.com/LQK4coFdKx— miguelifornia (@miguelifornia) September 16, 2023

Ron DeSantis is in Iowa County #57. He will win this primary. pic.twitter.com/whKWIBOL6w— Sultan Santis 🐊🇺🇸 (@SultanSantis) September 16, 2023

*Dozens* showed up today to support Ron DeSantis at his first 2024 campaign stop/Wall St. funded Book Tour.How will @realDonaldTrump and MAGA stop this enthusiasm/momentum? 😂😂Video: @GavinWax pic.twitter.com/XkzwFxln7A— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) February 20, 2023

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump · 1h Big buildup, lots of money spent, yet only 139 people showed up for DeSantis in Staten Island. FoxNews is disappointed that his Polls are crashing. Paul Ryan very unhappy. He’s a RINO in disguise, that’s why! This is 2016 all over again. Feb 20, 2023, 6:18 PM

VIDEOOn Sunday October 16, 2022 I went to a Governor Ron DeSantis campaign rally at Wings Plus restaurant in Coral Springs, Florida. I had been to Wings Plus many times before because their wings have been rated the BEST in South Florida and several times there have been political campaign rallies at that location. From my experience with the previous rallies I expected dozens of people to show up and perhaps even a few hundred. However, imagine my SHOCK when it turned out there were THOUSANDS of people at that DeSantis rally. Wings Plus was completely filled up and the...