Ron DeSantis, the student who wants to overtake Mr. Trump
PORTRAIT – This Florida governor, who was re-elected with more than 60% of the vote, fits perfectly on the former president’s heels. He is now in the best position to win the Republican nomination for the 2024 election.
You can pee on my leg, but don’t tell me it’s raining.” Ron DeSantis’ sentence was fired amid a response to a reporter at a press conference in Tallahassee in July 2021. Allowing himself such familiarity in front of cameras across the country, Florida’s governor knows all too well what he’s doing: invoking the aura and style of a former president of the United States whose trademark is Shatter the status quo and the customs and habits of political communication. Inspired by Donald Trump, to the point of robbing his locker room by wearing the same bright red tie, DeSantis wears “Trumpism” attire loud and clear.
But more than just a champion for the former tenant of the White House, the 44-year-old has presidential ambitions that could cause him to clash with the very man who allowed him to burst onto the scene. Politics in 2017 support his candidacy for Florida Gov.…
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