On Wednesday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is anticipated to enter the 2024 presidential campaign in an unusual setting—a Twitter event with tech billionaire Elon Musk.
His participation alters the dynamics of the Republican primary since he is expected to become Donald Trump’s strongest opponent. In the main election in November 2024, the candidate will go up against Democratic Vice President Joe Biden.
According to aides, DeSantis, 44, also intends to submit papers to the Federal Election Commission formally announcing his campaign.
Tesla and Twitter CEO Elon Musk, who has 140 million followers on Twitter, said that his personal attendance would not be seen as an endorsement but rather as evidence of his goal to turn the site into more of a town square.
It begins at 6 p.m. ET (2200 GMT) on Twitter.
A meeting of DeSantis’ top fundraisers will be held on Wednesday at a hotel in Miami, where they will begin his fundraising operations.
DeSantis’ main justification for running will probably be that he is the only Republican capable of defeating Biden, who defeated Trump in the 2020 election.
“We must reject the losing-oriented attitude that has recently affected our party. At a gathering in Iowa earlier last month, DeSantis declared, “The time for justifications is done.
DeSantis has traveled the nation in the weeks before his presidential campaign, stopping in places like Iowa and New Hampshire, which will host early nomination contests. He has bragged about his accomplishments as governor of Florida, particularly his conflicts with the federal government on pandemic regulations.
DeSantis’ choice to wait until now to enter the fray has given Trump room to beat him with a series of assaults, losing him support in national surveys and irritating some backers who may have wanted DeSantis enter the fray sooner.
DeSantis and his advisors were certain that he would hold off on running until the Florida Legislature could provide him a string of policy triumphs, and legislators have delivered on that promise.
