DeSantis not Missing a Beat

His 2024 presidential campaign was a failure, and he spent tens of millions of dollars for a distant second-place finish in the Iowa Caucuses, but Gov. Ron DeSantis doesn't appear to have skipped a political beat when it comes to governing. Since dropping out of the race against former President Donald Trump, Gov.DeSantis has been traversing the state of Florida signing legislation, and continuing a quasi-campaign for president. Well, that is what I think. He says he hasn't ruled out a run for President in 2028, so why not use the last two years of his stint as governor of Florida to continue to maximize his exposure around the state and country?

After all, DeSantis is still "America's Governor" and if he wants to mount a run in 2028, he is going to have to continue being the nation's top governor.

Remember, DeSantis loses his gubernatorial bully pulpit in 2026. So, it will be that much harder to raise campaign cash.

Over the past several weeks, DeSantis has jetted around the state signing bills no less than 10 times, with his latest stop being in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he and Rep. Chip LaMarca toasted the signing of a new wine bill that allows wine merchants to sell larger volume bottles of wine.

Bottoms up for 2028?

Squatters Beware!

Florida Signs First in the Nation Anti-Squatter Bill Into Law—By the Floridian's Liv Caputo—Following jarring stories of squatters residing in and destroying homeowners' properties, Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation Wednesday afternoon removing squatters'...

Squatters Beware!

Casey DeSantis-The Governor’s mother, who has a heart of gold, helped with the volunteer efforts at the Wakulla County Senior Center yesterday.

Thank you, Karen!

Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost-Nearly 90,000 households in Central Florida are at risk losing internet access next month if we don’t extend funding for the ACP.

I joined FCC commissioner @agomezfcc and State Representative @JohannaForFL for a roundtable with local seniors, one of the communities that would be deeply impacted by the end of this program. Every person in every community, regardless of income or demographics, deserves access to high-speed internet.

Brian Mast-Effects of Joe Biden giving aid to terrorists:

– American ships passing through the Red Sea are being attacked.

– The Iranian-funded Hamas terrorists launched the Oct.7th attack on Israel.

– The Taliban in Afghanistan has more than $7 BILLION worth of U.S. military equipment.

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