On Thursday, Republican Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis addressed supporters during a brunch in Midland County, Michigan. He boasted of his recent election victory and poked fun at Democrats for worrying about the exodus of Michiganders to the Sunshine State.
After a string of electoral losses, Republicans in the area got together and discussed how they might bring some “Sunshine State mojo” to Michigan. DeSantis used the same boilerplate rhetoric from his record in which he touts Florida as a role model for the rest of the country.
DeSantis claimed, “Now that I’m governor of Florida, I usually just go to Naples in early April to hang out with Michiganders,” alluding to the fact that liberal policies in Lansing are luring Michiganders to Florida. However, as the adage goes, nothing beats the genuine thing.
In spite of his dedication to his work, he is able to stay abreast of events in other states. When governments are awful, people leave, and that may have an impact on Florida.
DeSantis may have been referring to Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s COVID-19 regulations when he declared that Florida had avoided becoming a “Faucian dystopia” and retained its inhabitants’ liberties. The Biden administration was another target of his criticism. He said that Novak Djokovic, a tennis player, skipped the Miami Open because mandatory vaccinations were required by the government.
For the Left, added DeSantis, “it’s all about control and limiting freedom.” His government, he claimed, passed several laws to safeguard its citizens out of concern for them.
A Republican from the area noted in his introductory remarks that Michigan is often referred to as the “anti-Florida.” After that, he went on for around 57 minutes.
DeSantis later claimed that the Republican Party in Florida had strengthened its control over state institutions.
The people of Florida made their voices heard, and the state’s once-powerful Democratic Party is now a hollow shell. It’s the equivalent of finding a body by the roadside. DeSantis declared, “The Left has been defeated in Florida.”
According to DeSantis, the Republican Party will suffer a devastating defeat in the 2022 midterm elections in the Great Lakes State. Whitmer was re-elected with a wide margin, and the Democrats swept both chambers of the state legislature for the first time in more than four decades.
It’s all really important. I believe we demonstrated in Florida that great leadership and a bold strategy can prevail against these opponents, as DeSantis put it. You’re going to have to do this if you want to succeed. I’ve also seen that Republican politicians and activists around the country have adopted a defeatist mindset.
Further instances he stated were “the Supreme Court race in Wisconsin” and “the very disappointing midterm elections.” There is a strong emphasis on winning, getting things done, and providing results in Florida.
DeSantis has been on the road a lot in recent weeks to promote his accomplishments as governor of Florida. This is because speculation keeps growing that he plans to make a presidential candidacy in 2024. His book, which came out in February, has been the focus of several of his recent journeys. His potential opponent in 2024, former President Donald Trump’s campaign, has claimed that he is conducting a covert campaign.
In the next weeks, DeSantis will go to a number of different locations, including Israel, Georgia, Pennsylvania, New York, Tennessee, Ohio, New Hampshire, and Utah. According to RealClearPolitics’ latest average of surveys, he is often the second most popular Republican contender after Trump.
After his stop in Midland County, DeSantis will give a speech at the Christian and conservative Hillsdale College. DeSantis’s backers have used Hillsdale College to argue that the Florida GOP has the power to reform traditionally liberal institutions such as the New College of Florida.
Multiple concepts converged on it. DeSantis claimed that gender ideology and critical racial theory were the only topics of discussion at New College of Florida. (CRT). In January, I appointed six Republicans to serve on the board of directors. They replaced the liberal president with a conservative and said the college’s “mission is not to be a Marxist indoctrination center.”