Governor DeSantis announces he is running for President after a busy few weeks.
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By Vanessa Wenzl
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis officially entered the 2024 race for the United States Presidency on Wednesday.
The 44-year-old filed with the Federal Election Commission on May 24, officially joining the race for the Republican primary seat. Former President Donald Trump is also bidding for the seat, having announced his reelection campaign in November of 2022.
DeSantis later posted his first campaign video to Twitter, officially announcing his campaign. In the caption, is a link to his new official website to make donations.
He was later joined by Elon Musk, David Sacks and other speakers to an internet breaking event on Spaces, Twitter’s audio platform, to announce his campaign with over 300,000 listeners.
DeSantis took questions and held a discussion on his viewpoints and the Florida statistics under his legislation.
“I am running for President of the United States to lead our great American comeback” DeSantis said at the event.
DeSantis’ possible bid for presidency has been largely speculated on since his campaign for a second gubernatorial term last year. The governor’s recent legislative moves only increased speculation.
Prior to the announcement, the governor also signed 20 different bills this past Wednesday covering domestic violence to elections.
DeSantis also signed bill SB 7050 today, ensuring he answers Floridian’s question: Will he resign from his gubernatorial position to run for president? Previously, the law said he would have to resign to run for president, but a new clause in the bill says elected Florida officials can remain in office when running.
Last week, DeSantis also filed bills regarding the education system in Florida. Three of the bills specifically targeted the state’s higher education system. SB 266, one of the latest bills approved by DeSantis, regulates the content taught in college classrooms during students’ lower-level classes and limits spending on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
SB 240, a bill aimed for apprenticeships, expands work-based teaching to high school students.
The governor cited his wish to move higher education away from “niche subjects” and onto more work-based majors as reasoning for the bills.
“We will never surrender to the woke mob and we will leave woke ideology in the dust bin of history,” DeSantis said in his Twitter Spaces event.
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