Ron DeSantis will run for the Republican presidential nomination, Reuters reported on Wednesday. The 44-year-old governor of Florida, who has filed for his candidacy with the Federal Election Commission, will be competing for the nomination, among others. with former US President Donald Trump, reported The Guardian.
Official announcement of the candidacy of Ron DeSantis in the race for the Republican presidential nomination USA is due to take place on Wednesday evening on Twitter, Reuters reported. Earlier, DeSantis’ staff filed a motion with the Federal Election Commission regarding his candidacy.
He is to participate in the discussion during the broadcast Elon Musk. The Twitter owner confirmed his appearance at a conference organized by The Wall Street Journal, but stressed that he did not endorse DeSantis.
DeSantis will compete with Trump for the Republican vote
Taking into account pollselectoral infrastructure and funds at DeSantis’s disposal, already at the beginning of his campaign, he is considered one of the best-placed politicians in this race – comments the Associated Press.
Ron De SantisCRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH/EPA/PAP
Trump’s campaign staff, aware of the Florida governor’s strong position, has been investing in political advertisements for several months to discredit him. The former president himself also attacks DeSantis; hours before the official announcement of his political plans, he wrote that the governor of Florida “desperately needs a personality transplant.” Political analysts point out, however, that the governor is very popular in Florida, but that Republican voters in other states do not know him well, and he lacks charisma and the ability to present himself well in the media, unless it is carefully directed appearances.
Who is DeSantis?
DeSantis studied at Yale and Harvard Universities, is a lawyer by training, and has also served as a lawyer in the U.S. Navy, including at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay.
AP draws attention to the rapid career of a politician who, after a triumphant victory in the elections for a second term as governor, turned from a little-known congressman into a prominent figure on the right wing of the Republicans.
Ron DeSantis is the Governor of Florida and Donald Trump’s main rival for the Republican Party nominationPAP/EPA/CRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH
As governor of Florida, DeSantis pursued a divisive policy centered on culture warfare, including signing a ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, the British “The Guardian” pointed out.
In March, the governor said on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show that continuing to engage in a “territorial dispute” Russia with Ukraine is not in the vital interest of the US.
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