2023-05-25 07:01:00
The governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, entered the race for the Republican candidacy for the Presidency of the United States, a bid in which he will face directly with former President Donald Trump, who is seeking another term in the White House despite the fact that he is already accused of tax evasion and sexual harassment.
DeSantis, from the most conservative wing of that party, launched his aspiration during a Twitter Space he held with the owner of that social network, billionaire Elon Musk, a businessman close to right-wing politicians who had already winked at Republican approaches. .
The 44-year-old politician who has just signed a stricter immigration law for the State of Florida met Musk, the tycoon who trills photos of the gun he keeps on his nightstand, in a virtual conversation in which DeSantis promised to recover the White House for the Republicans.
The claim made by DeSantis is more than a campaign promise. The candidacy raises hope for Republicans seeking an alternative to former President Trump, whose ideas he shares but not the excesses.
“This is the first time we’ve experienced anything like this on a social network,” Musk said of DeSantis’s chosen format.
DeSantis is emerging as the 76-year-old Trump’s biggest rival for the Republican inauguration. The winner of those primaries will face the candidate chosen by the Democratic Party in November 2024, most likely the current president, Joe Biden, who wants to be re-elected despite the fact that he is already 80 years old.
More conservative than Trump
DeSantis was an almost unknown congressman when he won the gubernatorial election in 2018 in surprising fashion and after having decisive support from Trump from the White House.
Since then he has become a rising star on the right in the United States with very conservative policies on issues such as education, abortion or immigration.
Initiatives that have given him wide media coverage and a triumphant re-election in November 2022. But the battle for the Republican nomination will reveal whether his new status in the party is enough to win over Trump.
Numerous polls give the former president a wide advantage over the governor, although those results must be taken with caution since the primaries are still months away. One of the most recent public opinion photographs was the Morning Consult one that showed the former president with 63% favorability versus 18% for the governor.
The main difference between the two candidates resides, above all, in their attitudes. For many, DeSantis, the son of a working-class family, a war veteran and a graduate of Harvard and Yale, is severely lacking in charisma in the face of the exuberant real estate mogul.
The hostilities between Trump and DeSantis began before the governor entered the ring for the Presidency. Trump has spent weeks multiplying criticism of his rival on his social networks and at his rallies, while DeSantis has counterattacked in his own, more subtle way, recalling what hurts the former president the most: his defeat in the last presidential elections against the Democrat Joe Biden.
In his campaign, DeSantis will be able to count on generous donations ($110 million to date) with which he hopes to close the gap and flood the country with ads.
The governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, entered the race for the Republican candidacy for the Presidency of the United States, a bid in which he will face directly with former President Donald Trump, who is seeking another term in the White House despite the fact that he is already accused of tax evasion and sexual harassment.
DeSantis, from the most conservative wing of that party, launched his aspiration during a Twitter Space he held with the owner of that social network, billionaire Elon Musk, a businessman close to right-wing politicians who had already winked at Republican approaches. .
The 44-year-old politician who has just signed a stricter immigration law for the State of Florida met Musk, the tycoon who trills photos of the gun he keeps on his nightstand, in a virtual conversation in which DeSantis promised to recover the White House for the Republicans.
The claim made by DeSantis is more than a campaign promise. The candidacy raises hope for Republicans seeking an alternative to former President Trump, whose ideas he shares but not the excesses.
“This is the first time we’ve experienced anything like this on a social network,” Musk said of DeSantis’s chosen format.
DeSantis is emerging as the 76-year-old Trump’s biggest rival for the Republican inauguration. The winner of those primaries will face the candidate chosen by the Democratic Party in November 2024, most likely the current president, Joe Biden, who wants to be re-elected despite the fact that he is already 80 years old.
More conservative than Trump
DeSantis was an almost unknown congressman when he won the gubernatorial election in 2018 in surprising fashion and after having decisive support from Trump from the White House.
Since then he has become a rising star on the right in the United States with very conservative policies on issues such as education, abortion or immigration.
Initiatives that have given him wide media coverage and a triumphant re-election in November 2022. But the battle for the Republican nomination will reveal whether his new status in the party is enough to win over Trump.
Numerous polls give the former president a wide advantage over the governor, although those results must be taken with caution since the primaries are still months away. One of the most recent public opinion photographs was the Morning Consult one that showed the former president with 63% favorability versus 18% for the governor.
The main difference between the two candidates resides, above all, in their attitudes. For many, DeSantis, the son of a working-class family, a war veteran and a graduate of Harvard and Yale, is severely lacking in charisma in the face of the exuberant real estate mogul.
The hostilities between Trump and DeSantis began before the governor entered the ring for the Presidency. Trump has spent weeks multiplying criticism of his rival on his social networks and at his rallies, while DeSantis has counterattacked in his own, more subtle way, recalling what hurts the former president the most: his defeat in the last presidential elections against the Democrat Joe Biden.
In his campaign, DeSantis will be able to count on generous donations ($110 million to date) with which he hopes to close the gap and flood the country with ads.
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