| − | '''Ronald Dion DeSantis''' (born September 14, 1978), nicknamed "DeSaster" and "DeSanctimonious" by Trump, is a [[Never-Trumper 2024|Never-Trumper]] candidate for president in 2024, while serving as the 46th Governor of [[Florida]] since 2019. It was only due to [[Trump]]'s charitable endorsement of him in 2018 that DeSantis was able to win the [[Republican]] gubernatorial primary, and then he barely defeated the later-indicted (21 felony counts) [[Democrat]] [[Andrew Gillum]] in the [[2018 midterms]].<ref>''[http://archive.is/QfvFt If Democrats want to win, they need a black politician on the ticket]'', Theodore R. Johnson, ''The Washington Post'', March 13, 2020.</ref> In 2022, the [[conservative]] [[Ashley Moody]] won reelection as Attorney General by nearly 61% of the vote, which helped carry DeSantis to victory with a smaller number of those same votes.<ref>Previously, DeSantis served as a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from January 2013 to September 2018.</ref> | + | '''Ronald Dion DeSantis''' (born September 14, 1978), nicknamed "DeSaster" and "DeSanctimonious" by Trump, is a [[Never-Trumper 2024|Never-Trumper]] candidate for president in 2024, while serving as the 46th Governor of [[Florida]] since 2019. It was due to [[Trump]]'s endorsement of him in 2018 that DeSantis was able to win the [[Republican]] gubernatorial primary, and then barely defeated the later-indicted [[Democrat]] [[Andrew Gillum]] in the [[2018 midterms]].<ref>''[http://archive.is/QfvFt If Democrats want to win, they need a black politician on the ticket]'', Theodore R. Johnson, ''The Washington Post'', March 13, 2020.</ref> In 2022, [[conservative]] [[Ashley Moody]] won reelection as Attorney General by nearly 61% of the vote, which helped carry DeSantis to victory with a smaller number of those same votes.<ref>Previously, DeSantis served as a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from January 2013 to September 2018.</ref> |
| | '''''DeSantis is a puppet of [[globalist]] [[private equity]] managers who funnel millions into his campaign coffers''''', in their futile hope of defeating their nemesis [[Donald Trump]] and advancing the billionaires' agenda of rewriting the [[U.S. Constitution]]. In early 2023, DeSantis appeared in radio ads in [[Idaho]] to urge that harmful proposal.<ref>https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/01/24/ron-desantis-appearing-idaho-ads-calls-constitutional-convention/</ref> DeSantis has supported slashing [[Social Security]] (which would benefit [[private equity]]), and opposed [[Ethanol]] subsidies for [[Iowa]] farmers,<ref>https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/110463643535963277</ref> which compete with the [[Koch brothers]]' and [[Texas]] mega-donors' [[oil]] refineries. | | '''''DeSantis is a puppet of [[globalist]] [[private equity]] managers who funnel millions into his campaign coffers''''', in their futile hope of defeating their nemesis [[Donald Trump]] and advancing the billionaires' agenda of rewriting the [[U.S. Constitution]]. In early 2023, DeSantis appeared in radio ads in [[Idaho]] to urge that harmful proposal.<ref>https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/01/24/ron-desantis-appearing-idaho-ads-calls-constitutional-convention/</ref> DeSantis has supported slashing [[Social Security]] (which would benefit [[private equity]]), and opposed [[Ethanol]] subsidies for [[Iowa]] farmers,<ref>https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/110463643535963277</ref> which compete with the [[Koch brothers]]' and [[Texas]] mega-donors' [[oil]] refineries. |