DeSantis began the 2024 campaign in Iowa
Fox News senior correspondent Rich Edson has the latest on Florida Gov.’s campaign. Ron DeSantis’ tour of Iowa and former President Donald Trump vowed to end birthrights in ‘Special Report.’
Republican presidential candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis kicked off his campaign in Iowa on Tuesday with his usual sharp rhetoric aimed at the “woke” culture and the failures of President Biden, but he also included as a thinly veiled taunt of the former President. Donald Trump, his top opponent in the race.
“At the end of the day, leadership is not about entertainment, it’s not about building a brand, it’s not about virtue signaling. It is about results,” DeSantis told the crowd gathered for his first campaign speech as a candidate. of the presidency after the official launch. his campaign last week.
His words appeared to be a jab at Trump’s unorthodox style and how some critics say he is completely self-centered and self-satisfied.
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Florida Governor and 2024 Presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis sings as he arrives for his campaign kick-off event at Eternity Church in Clive, Iowa, on May 30, 2023. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
DeSantis also used the speech to rail against the nation’s “fiscal crisis,” a hot topic amid ongoing efforts to get Congress to pass the debt ceiling deal between Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
“DC doesn’t have a lot of things except mountains of debt and a lot of hot air,” he added later.
DeSantis continued his tenure as Florida governor, including standing up for “liberty” during the COVID-19 pandemic, signing into law pro-life protections for the unborn, tax relief, and legislation to stop the state’s ESG investment policies.
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Former US President Donald Trump speaks to the media during an election night event at Mar-a-Lago on November 08, 2022, in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
He also vowed, if elected president, to confront China and stop what he called the “administrative state” from taking over America’s constitutional government.
The Trump campaign responded to DeSantis’ speech by telling Fox News that it “reaffirms why President Trump is the leader of the Republican Party and the only person who on Day One can fix the economy, secure our border, end the Russia-Ukraine war. , fix the military, and stand up for law enforcement.”
“Ron DeSantis is not a serious man who can take on Joe Biden and bring about the Great American Comeback. His ill-conceived speech has little substance and is designed to appease the establishment Never Trumpers who are looking for a swamp puppets who do their bidding,” said Trump spokesman Steven Cheung.
Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov, Ron DeSantis are considered the leading candidates vying for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. (Getty Images)
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