Ron DeSantis latest news: Florida governor teases 2024 bid amid Disney and NAACP spats

On Monday, Ron DeSantis teased his 2024 bid while speaking at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Orlando.

In what appeared to be a subtle swipe at Donald Trump he announced his plans to run for eight years – something Mr Trump could not do after serving four years.

Mr DeSantis also promised to “protect” faith and family during the Christian movement.

“My first job as governor, after being sworn in on the steps of the Capitol, was to go back to the governor’s residence … to baptize our son Mason,” he said.

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During his own tenure in the White House in 2018, Mr Trump strongly cheered Mr DeSantis’ bid for the governor’s mansion, throwing his weight behind the former congressman and showing up at rallies to beat him, which played a key role in the narrow defeat of the Democratic candidate. rival and Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum.

Since then, however, a lot of water has passed under the bridge and the two men are now increasingly at odds with each other.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis brushed off any concerns about the NAACP issuing a formal advisory warning travelers that the Sunshine State is “openly hostile” to Blacks, people of color and LGBT people. + people.

The Independent approached Mr DeSantis’ office on Monday about the advisory issued by the largest and oldest civil rights organization in the United States on 20 May.

South Carolina Republicans on Saturday elected Drew McKissick as their chairman for a fourth term at a convention where some of the party’s 2024 presidential hopefuls made pitches to voters in the first-in-the-South primary state.

McKissick has led the party since 2017 in a state where the GOP holds all statewide elected positions, all but one seat in the US House and control of both legislative chambers. He defeated three challengers. Party officials said in a release that under McKissick’s leadership, “more Republicans than ever before” won elections.

As Mr DeSantis prepares to take the national stage, interest will inevitably turn to his personal life and that of his wife, Casey DeSantis, as the future first lady of the US.

The largest and oldest civil rights organization in the United States has issued a formal advisory warning travelers to Florida that the state is “openly hostile” to Black people, people of color and LGBT+ people. people.

An advisory issued by the NAACP on May 20 comes as a response to a series of laws signed by Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis aimed at teaching in the classroom about race and racism, gender and sexuality. , and administration bills and policies aimed at LGBT+ people.

Gov. Ron DeSantis asked that a federal judge be disqualified from a First Amendment lawsuit filed by Disney against the Florida governor and his appointees, claiming that the judge’s earlier statements in other cases case raises questions about his impartiality in the efforts of the state to take over the Disney Governing body of the world.

Chatting with a mother at a New Hampshire diner on Friday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis doesn’t care about the Mickey Mouse shirt his son is wearing. But the woman said she was paying attention to him.

“If DeSantis announced a campaign to run for president, I’d probably vote for him more than anybody else,” Jillian Sybert, of Deerfield, said later.

A signature pride event in Tampa has been canceled due to the latest anti-LGBTQ+ legislation signed into law by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

Organizers confirmed Thursday (18 May) that this year’s Tampa Pride on the River will not take place due to the heated political climate in the Sunshine State.