‘I’m running for president to lead our Great American Comeback’: Ron DeSantis 2024 run kicks off in utter chaos as Elon Musk’s Twitter event CRASHES multiple times (but at least he shared his video asking for ‘common sense’ back in the society’)
- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday that he is running in the 2024 Republican presidential primary with a video release
- It came just before the expected Twitter announcement resulted in a disaster with multiple crashes as the event tried to start
Ron DeSantis ended months of speculation by finally announcing that he will run for president in 2024.
Just before a Twitter Spaces call with Elon Musk, the Florida governor released his first official campaign video attacking Joe Biden for “plodding” as president.
The long-awaited start to the Republican campaign in the White House began with a video promising a “Great American Comeback.”
But the much-anticipated Twitter announcement got off to a terrible start on Wednesday, as the Twitter Spaces feature kept crashing while trying to get off the ground.
An hour earlier, Donald Trump got another swipe at his main competitor — almost asking for DeSantis to get the same kind of attacks from the left that the former president has received in recent years.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday that he is running in the 2024 Republican presidential primary
“I would like to personally congratulate ‘Rob’ DeSanctimonious on announcing his entry into the race for President of the United States,” he joked in a post on his Truth Social platform. “Hopefully he will get the full experience of being attacked by the Marxists, Communists and radical left madmen of our country, without whom he will never know what work he is doing.”
Trump added, “These Lowlifes & Misfits are much worse than the leaders of hostile foreign countries. They must be soundly defeated to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Just 24 hours prior to the chat, the candidate’s wife, Casey DeSantis, posted a 30-second snippet to her Twitter previewing the launch. DeSantis reposted the Florida first lady’s tweet.
The video caused some confusion, with some believing it was the official launch of DeSantis’ presidential campaign and others questioning why his team decided to use a British-accented narrator.
Before bidding, DeSantis had to rely on his allies in the Florida legislature to pass a bill that would allow him to run for the highest U.S. office while still serving his second term as governor. of the Sunshine State.
The so-called “resign to run” rule was lifted by the Republican supermajority in the Florida legislature last month, and DeSantis signed the bill into law, paving the way for him to launch a presidential bid without having to step down as governor.
DeSantis poses with his family, Florida first lady Casey DeSantis and their three children
DeSantis is seen as Trump’s main competitor
DeSantis is largely seen as the only candidate Trump could run for his money in the 2024 primary.
But Trump still has a commanding lead over DeSantis — and all other Republican challengers of 2024.
The former president has an outright majority and leads the field with support of 53 percent of Republicans in the latest CNN/SSRS poll released Wednesday, making his voter support double that of DeSantis’ 26 percent support.
This is consistent with other recent surveys showing DeSantis is well behind Trump, with a spread that has only grown as Trump faces a slew of legal challenges.
At 44, DeSantis is one of the younger candidates to bid for the Oval Office and is more than three decades younger than his main rival.
Some DeSantis supporters say it’s time for new blood and even calls for an age limit on who can run for president of the United States as the country braces for a showdown between Trump, 76, and 80-year-old Trump. year-old President Joe Biden.