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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was urged to “run for president” by NFL fans at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City on Saturday as the Republican continues to weigh a 2024 White House run.
The much-loved politician, considered Donald Trump’s main rival for the Republican nomination, was cheered by fans of the Kansas City Chiefs and shook their hands during their playoff win against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The hero’s welcome in the Red State shows the rise in support for DeSantis, who has won plaudits with his ‘war on awakening,’ banning Critical Race Theory and relaxed Covid policies in his four years in The charge.
The footage shows a man yelling at the rising star, who was walking across the field with his son Mason: ‘You’re the best governor. Presidential candidate!’
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis DeSantis appeared in high spirits as he shook hands with Chiefs fans in the front row, with some photos taken on their phones.
Missouri used to be seen as a leading state, but it has voted Republican in the last six elections.
Donald Trump won 56 percent of the vote in the state in 2020, a similar return to his victory in 2016.
But DeSantis’ growing popularity signals a shift toward Trump’s potential successor, who is widely rumored to make an offer but has yet to formally announce it.
Trump, the only candidate to formally announce his run, has already lashed out at his potential rival, calling him “Ron DeSanctimonious” and taking credit for his rise.
The Republican star won a second term in November and has continued to fuel speculation that he is setting his campaign priorities for a potential future presidential bid, clearly setting him up against Joe Biden’s progressive Democrats.
DeSantis’ vision for Florida, where he says “wake up is going to die,” includes a massive focus on education and parental rights, as well as a crackdown on ongoing Covid-19 restrictions.
Dubbed the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law by critics, the Parents’ Rights in Education Act gives guardians more power when it comes to their children’s education in Florida public schools.
The bill is primarily intended to prevent schools from withholding information about the mental, emotional or physical health of children from their parents, unless revealing that information could lead to abuse.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis received a warm welcome when he made an appearance in the Kansas City Chiefs vs. Jacksonville Jaguars playoff on Saturday.
It also prohibits teachers from discussing gender identity and sexual orientation with children in kindergarten through third grade.
Governor DeSantis signed the bill into law in March 2022 and it was implemented in June.
DeSantis signed a bill in April 2022 to ban the teaching of critical race theory in Florida schools.
The governor said at the time that civil rights-inspired theory contributes to and constitutes the practice of unlawful discrimination by teaching that “a person, by virtue of his or her race or gender, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive.”
“No one should be taught to feel unequal or ashamed because of their race,” DeSantis said. ‘In Florida, we will not allow the far left’s awakening agenda to take over our schools and workplaces. There is no place for indoctrination or discrimination in Florida.’
Nearly a year after the coronavirus vaccine was released, and months after President Joe Biden said the country was “covid-free” during an Independence Day speech, DeSantis signed a bill into law in November 2021 to help protect Floridians from injunctions.
DeSantis appeared in good spirits as he shook hands with Chiefs fans in the front row. A young man could be heard shouting: ‘You are the best governor. Presidential candidate!’
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks after being sworn in to begin his second term during an inauguration ceremony (file photo)
It was also announced last week that Florida will not allow high school students to take a new Advanced Placement (AP) class in African American Studies.
The Florida Department of Education wrote in a January 12 letter to the College Board Florida Partnership, which administers its AP program, that it did not “approve for inclusion” of the course because it was “inexplicably contrary to Florida law and significantly lacking in value.” educational. ‘.
‘In the future, I should [the] College Board is willing to come back to the table with accurate legal and historical content, FDOE will always be willing to reopen the discussion,” the letter, obtained by ABC, read.
A poll, by Harvard CAPS-Harris, and published by The Hill on Saturday, shows just under half of Republican voters would favor Trump in the primary.
A poll from earlier this month showing the list of likely Republican candidates for 2024, published by Morning Consult
A Harvard CAPS-Harris poll, and published by The Hill last week, shows just under half of Republican voters would favor Trump in the primary.
The poll surveyed 2,050 registered voters from across the United States between January 18 and 19.
The Harvard poll echoed the results of a Morning Consult poll released earlier this week that also gave Trump 48 percent of the vote. That poll polled 3,763 likely Republican primary voters.
In that poll, Trump led DeSantis by a healthy 17 points.
These findings come after several polls suggested that DeSantis could overtake Trump as the Republican favorite, although it’s still too early to tell.
According to most similar polls, Trump and DeSantis are the top two favorites at this point in the election cycle.