Category: 2024 election

DeSantis Says He Wants to Settle Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, during an interview announcing his 2024 presidential bid on May 24, said that he hopes for a settlement of the Russia-Ukraine war. “I want to see a settlement of this,” DeSantis said. “I do not want to see a wider war.” While he admitted that it’s “unknowable” what the situation could…


Presidential Candidate DeSantis Identifies China as America’s ‘Foremost Geopolitical Threat’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said on May 24 that he would deal with China as the United States’ “foremost geopolitical threat” if he were elected as the 47th president of the United States. In an interview with Fox News not long after announcing his presidential candidacy on Twitter, DeSantis emphasized the need to recognize China…


DeSantis Raises $1 Million in First Hour of Presidential Candidacy

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis raised $1 million within one hour of formally announcing his presidential candidacy, according to his campaign. DeSantis announced his 2024 run for president on May 24 during a Twitter Spaces interview with the social media platform’s owner Elon Musk. But the interview was plagued by technical problems as Twitter’s web servers repeatedly…


DeSantis Explains Why He Chose Twitter to Announce 2024 Run

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis explained why he chose Twitter as the platform for the announcement of his presidential candidacy, saying that his approach to dealing with COVID-19 led him to make decisions based on data rather than following the crowd. His decision to use the tech platform, however, was not without hiccups. The Twitter Spaces…


DeSantis 2024 Launch on Twitter Rocked by Tech Issues

Competitors of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in the 2024 presidential election reveled in the technical difficulties that tarnished his official announcement using Twitter Spaces on May 24, just after his official entry into the presidential race, while the DeSantis campaign boasted about the “unprecedented” scale of the launch with Twitter CEO Elon Musk. DeSantis, who…


DeSantis Says He’d Remove FBI Director Chris Wray If Elected President

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said during his 2024 presidential announcement that he would remove FBI Director Chris Wray if he were elected president. During his presidential announcement on Twitter Spaces, DeSantis was asked how he’d address growing concerns over misconduct and misuse of resources at the FBI, which is a primary subject of the House…


DeSantis Responds to Disney Criticism: Nobody ‘Has Made Disney More Money Than Me’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said during his 2024 presidential launch that nobody “has made Disney more money than me,” and defended his continued feud with the media giant. “Nobody probably has made Disney more money than me because they were opened [in Florida] during COVID and they were closed in California,” DeSantis said during a…


Social Media Battle Kicks Off Between Trump and DeSantis

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis launches the first-ever presidential campaign kickoff on social media. Former President Donald Trump reacted on Truth Social even before Desantis’s announcement was made. How is DeSantis polling leading up to the GOP primaries compared to Trump? Our guest joins us to discuss DeSantis’ position in the polls in the race for…


Trump Responds to DeSantis’s Campaign Launch: ‘There’s Only One Donald Trump’

As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was formally announcing his candidacy for president on Twitter on May 24, his top Republican rival for the job shared his own message to voters via social media: “There’s only one Donald Trump.” In two campaign ads shared to Trump’s Truth Social account, DeSantis is depicted as an ungrateful “Trump…


Social Media Battle Kicks Off Between Trump and DeSantis Amid Unprecedented Announcement

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis launches the first-ever presidential campaign kickoff on social media. Former President Donald Trump reacted on Truth Social even before Desantis’s announcement was made. How is DeSantis polling leading up to the GOP primaries compared to Trump? Our guest joins us to discuss DeSantis’s position in the polls in the race for…