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Ron DeSantis is sized up by GOP donors ahead of potential 2024 presidential bid
'A nicer version of Trump': Ron DeSantis is sized up by GOP donors ahead of potential 2024 presidential bid
DeSantis, who was a congressman before narrowly winning the 2018 Florida gubernatorial race, has quickly become a visible national GOP figure.
Former President Donald Trump continues to hold an iron grip over the Republican Party from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, making critical endorsements in 2022 races and continuing to flirt a presidential run in 2024.
However, if Trump declines to run for office again, GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is currently well-positioned to occupy a conservative space within the party that could catapult him to the 2024 presidential nomination.
During an event in South Carolina this past February brought together by the Bradley Foundation and filled with conservative donors, DeSantis, who was in attendance, spoke for almost an hour about his approach to governance, according to Politico.
In the speech, DeSantis detailed his opposition to widespread lockdowns in the Sunshine State.
Last month, in response to President Joe Biden signaling the possibility of additional coronavirus restrictions if people weren't "vigilant," DeSantis said that any sort of lockdown in his state would be "insane."
"That's not gonna happen in the state of Florida," he said at the time. "We're gonna continue doing what works, but under no circumstances would we entertain anything of the sort."
Such talk has made DeSantis a darling of conservative circles as many donors take a wait-and-see approach to Trump's eventual 2024 plans.
