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'''Ronald Dion "DeSanctimonious" DeSantis''' (born September 14, 1978), is a stealth [[establishment]], [[Never-Trumper 2024|Never-Trumper]] candidate for president in 2024. Having served as the 46th Governor of [[Florida]] since 2019, DeSantis has spent most of his governorship improperly "shadow" campaigning for president.[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/04/28/florida-house-passes-bill-allowing-desantis-to-run-in-2024-without-resigning-heads-to-governor-desk-for-signature-after-he-returns-from-overseas-tour/][https://apnews.com/article/trump-desantis-ethics-complaint-2024-presidential-campaign-e887199fb9f63ef2051295eced5068ce]

'''Ronald Dion "DeSanctimonious" DeSantis''' (born September 14, 1978), is a stealth [[establishment]], [[Never-Trumper 2024|Never-Trumper]] candidate for president in 2024. DeSantis has been governor of [[Florida]] since 2019, during which [[Florida]] has become a center for [[abortion]] in the southeast and the Chief Justice appointed by DeSantis to the [[Florida Supreme Court]] is thought to believe there is a right to abortion in the Florida Constitution.<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/21/floridas-abortion-access-hinges-on-conservative-court-redone-by-desantis-00103036 </ref>

By June 30, 2023, DeSantis was far behind [[Trump]] in the polls despite "burning through cash," and he had only $9M left for the primary amid many expenses and a staff of nearly 100.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/lagging-trump-desantis-campaign-fires-staff-after-rapidly-burning-through-cash/ar-AA1dUSHX</ref>

By June 30, 2023, DeSantis was far behind [[Trump]] in the polls despite "burning through cash," and he had only $9M left for the primary amid many expenses and a staff of nearly 100.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/lagging-trump-desantis-campaign-fires-staff-after-rapidly-burning-through-cash/ar-AA1dUSHX</ref>

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>  

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>  

Despite propaganda claiming the contrary, DeSantis has not governed as a sincere conservative. To paraphrase "Dutchman," a prominent commenter on ''The Conservative Treehouse'', every action he has taken since 2018 was a political calculation designed to create two non-existent images, one of a "Free State of Florida" and the other of a "Trump lite". He is not nor has he ever been [[America First]]; his public image is totally artificial and disconnected from reality.[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/06/22/everyone-is-going-to-think-im-nuts-but-im-not-nuts]

Despite propaganda claiming the contrary, DeSantis has not governed as a sincere conservative. To paraphrase "Dutchman," a prominent commentator on ''The Conservative Treehouse'', every action he has taken since 2018 was a political calculation designed to create two non-existent images, one of a "Free State of Florida" and the other of a "Trump lite". He is not nor has he ever been [[America First]]; his public image is totally artificial and disconnected from reality.[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/06/22/everyone-is-going-to-think-im-nuts-but-im-not-nuts]

'''''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.

DeSantis secretly wears steep heels to try to boost his short stature, shorter than any Republican president in 50 years.  DeSantis stands at only 5'9" or at most 5'10", which the [[liberal media]] is beginning to expose.<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ron-desantis-interview-piers-morgan-162839809.html  No Republican nominee as short as DeSantis has won the presidency since [[William McKinley]], who stood at 5'7" and won in 1896 and 1900 against the relatively short [[William Jennings Bryan]]. [https://potus.com/presidential-facts/presidential-heights/]</ref>

DeSantis secretly wears steep heels to try to boost his short stature, shorter than any Republican president in 50 years.  DeSantis stands at only 5'9" or at most 5'10", which the [[liberal media]] is beginning to expose.<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ron-desantis-interview-piers-morgan-162839809.html  No Republican nominee as short as DeSantis has won the presidency since [[William McKinley]], who stood at 5'7" and won in 1896 and 1900 against the relatively short [[William Jennings Bryan]]. [https://potus.com/presidential-facts/presidential-heights/]</ref>

However, increasingly billionaires are ruling out supporting DeSantis, as of late April 2023.  John Catsimatidis, a New York billionaire, ruled out supporting DeSantis while observing that he "doesn't even return phone calls."  Two high-profile endorsements by DeSantis lost big in elections in [[Kentucky]] and [[Florida]] on May 16, 2023.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-candidate-for-kentucky-governor-trounced-desantis-last-minute-endorsement-so-trump-gloated-ron-s-magic-is-gone/ar-AA1bk35e</ref>

However, increasingly billionaires are ruling out supporting DeSantis, as of late April 2023.<ref>DeSantis has spent much of his governorship improperly "shadow" campaigning for president. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/04/28/florida-house-passes-bill-allowing-desantis-to-run-in-2024-without-resigning-heads-to-governor-desk-for-signature-after-he-returns-from-overseas-tour/][https://apnews.com/article/trump-desantis-ethics-complaint-2024-presidential-campaign-e887199fb9f63ef2051295eced5068ce]</ref> John Catsimatidis, a New York billionaire, ruled out supporting DeSantis while observing that he "doesn't even return phone calls."  Two high-profile endorsements by DeSantis lost big in elections in [[Kentucky]] and [[Florida]] on May 16, 2023.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-candidate-for-kentucky-governor-trounced-desantis-last-minute-endorsement-so-trump-gloated-ron-s-magic-is-gone/ar-AA1bk35e</ref>

DeSantis is thought to have initially, behind the scenes, slowed passage in [[Florida]] of the [[pro-life]] [[Heartbeat Bill]], despite how it had already passed in 14 other states.  Instead DeSantis boasted of a sham [[pro-life]] 15-week ban riddled with loopholes.<ref>See [[DeSantis sham pro-life bill]].</ref>  Apparently beholden to the [[Koch network]]'s [[dark money]], DeSantis endorsed their half-baked scheme to rewrite the [[U.S. Constitution]] misnamed the "[[Convention of States]]."<ref>https://conventionofstates.com/endorsements</ref>  His office may have played a role in securing a $10 million "jackpot" job for fellow [[Koch network]] functionary [[Ben Sasse]], who then quit his job as [[U.S. Senate|U.S. Senator]] before even the middle of his term to become president of the [[University of Florida]]. Apparently to appease his [[dark money]] delusional donors, in February 2023 advertisements were played in [[Idaho]] of DeSantis endorsing a [[Con Con]],<ref>https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/joy-reid-desantis-constitution-rcna71158</ref> which Justice [[Antonin Scalia|Scalia]] called a "horrible idea."

DeSantis is thought to have initially, behind the scenes, slowed passage in [[Florida]] of the [[pro-life]] [[Heartbeat Bill]], despite how it had already passed in 14 other states.  Instead DeSantis boasted of a sham [[pro-life]] 15-week ban riddled with loopholes.<ref>See [[DeSantis sham pro-life bill]].</ref>  Apparently beholden to the [[Koch network]]'s [[dark money]], DeSantis endorsed their half-baked scheme to rewrite the [[U.S. Constitution]] misnamed the "[[Convention of States]]."<ref>https://conventionofstates.com/endorsements</ref>  His office may have played a role in securing a $10 million "jackpot" job for fellow [[Koch network]] functionary [[Ben Sasse]], who then quit his job as [[U.S. Senate|U.S. Senator]] before even the middle of his term to become president of the [[University of Florida]]. Apparently to appease his [[dark money]] delusional donors, in February 2023 advertisements were played in [[Idaho]] of DeSantis endorsing a [[Con Con]],<ref>https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/joy-reid-desantis-constitution-rcna71158</ref> which Justice [[Antonin Scalia|Scalia]] called a "horrible idea."