Florida Gov. Ron DeSantisAt a Thursday press conference, he spoke out about the Republican Party’s “huge failure” in the midterm elections. He explained why his re-election win was so dominant and the GOP nationwide only a narrow House majority. The GOP failed to take control of the Senate.
DeSantis has been called the “The Republican” by some Republicans. The party’s new “head of the table”After his almost 20-point win, he was asked his thoughts about former President Trump’s return to the news each day and the perceived divisions within the GOP. Although he may challenge Trump in 2024 as governor, he did not respond to Trump’s potential primary opponent, but he did address the idea that Republicans are divided.
DeSantis stated that “we assumed we would end up with like 245 House Members, but we’re now at 222 which looks like which is a huge overperformance.” “The question is: why did it happen?”Â
He noted that historical trends favor Republicans, and that President Biden’s popularity and widespread belief were both reasons for his unpopularity. The country is headed in the wrong directionsShould have resulted in huge GOP gains at CongressÂ
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition annual meeting in Las Vegas at the Venetian on Nov. 19, 2022.
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DeSantis stated, “Usually those voters want to cast their vote for people offering an alternative.”
“I don’t think it’s a question of necessarily being divided as a party, I think it’s like, OK, how do you run and win majorities?” He went on.Â
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Trump spoke to the Republican Jewish Coalition annual meeting at The Venetian in Las Vegas on November 19, 2022.Â
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“I think what we’ve done in Florida is we’ve shown that we’ve exercised leadership, we’ve not kowtowed, we’ve been willing to take on big interests … but producing results, and then that ends up attracting more people to want to be on your team,” DeSantis said. This was not the case in other parts of the country.Â
Although the governor has not spoken out about his future plans, speculations have been fueled by DeSantis that he will run for President with the forthcoming release of an autobiography entitled “The Courage To Be Free: Florida’s Blueprint for America’s Revival.”Â
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis book, “The Courage to be Free”,
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According to the publishers, the book will “focus on critical issues that brought about change.” [DeSantis]He is the focal point of the ongoing debate about the future direction of the country. He shares his thinking back to when he was fighting for COVID mandates, restrictions, critical racism, woke corporations”, and what they refer to as “the legacy media of partisans”. They said that the memoir would be a record of what they called “his bold, substantial policy accomplishments.”
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Trump is the clear front-runner in this GOP nomination race. DeSantis, however, has seen his poll numbers for 2024 Republican presidential elections start to rival Trump’s and his fundraising prowess match that of Trump.
This report was contributed by Paul Steinhauser and Andrew Murray from Fox News.
