2024 Presidential Election

Coverage of the 2024 Republican presidential campaign and the presidential general election.
The Floridian is a statewide and national political media platform that covers government affairs, elections, public policy, and campaigns on Florida politics. These are stories from the 2022 midterm election.
As Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) positions himself to run for President against former President Donald Trump (R), criticisms on a national stage from Democrats have been nothing but amplified as Florida Republicans have supposedly altered state laws to compensate for Gov. DeSantis' potential presidential run. After President Trump announced his comeback to the political scene […]
Following the historic CNN Town Hall that saw former President Donald Trump (R) make an appearance on the network for the first time since 2016, Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL) entered the lion’s den and stood his ground to defend him. The town hall, which was a little over an hour, saw Kaitlan Collins of CNN […]
Florida Lt. Governor Jeanette Nunez told the Floridian she looks forward to serving in "whatever capacity" if Governor Ron DeSantis is elected to a higher office. If DeSantis runs for President and wins in 2024, the Governorship would transfer to Nunez upon DeSantis's swearing in and she would serve out the last two years of […]
Less than a day after saying that he would complete former President Donald Trump’s border security wall and use the military to combat Mexican drug cartels, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the most aggressive anti-illegal immigration bill (SB1718) into law, suggesting that states should be deputized to deport illegal immigrants. This is the responsibility of […]
During a press conference in Miami, Florida, The Floridian asked Florida Governor Ron DeSantis if he was put in an executive position to affect national immigration policy and if he would build the border wall and use the US military to proactively target Mexican drug cartels. "Yes and Yes," said Governor DeSantis, affirming that he […]
Let's imagine Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) won the 2024 Election. In a recent attack by his soon-to-be opponent in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, former President Donald Trump compares him to Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI), claiming he is a "disciple" of Rep. Ryan and insinuating that a President DeSantis would be an "establishment" Republican president opposed to […]
Just as debt ceiling negotiations begin, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is running an ad campaign accusing Democrats of being "addicted" to spending taxpayer dollars. One of the Democrats featured in the ad is Representative Darren Soto (D-FL). The ad prominently described Democrats as "jacking up inflation to historic highs" and then "refusing to […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been called many,  many names since first being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012, including “DeathSantis” and “DeSatan”  and “DeSanctimonious,” just to name a few. This week alone, DeSantis has been called an “elitist” for going to Yale and Harvard Universities, along with being called a “RINO” […]
 ABC News received leaked footage of Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) preparing for the 2018 gubernatorial debates. One clip shows him answering a question on where he disagreed with former President Trump, where he states, "I have to frame it in a way that's not going to piss off all his voters." Representatives Matt Gaetz (R-FL) […]
With the Florida Legislature recently passing a modification to the state's "resign to run" law, Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) can effectively begin his 2024 Presidential campaign while retaining his office. Representative Greg Steube (R-FL), who has endorsed former President Donald Trump, scathingly responded to the news, "Rules for thee but not for me." Rep. Steube's […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed into law CS/CS/HB 1297 – Capital Sexual Battery bill, the legislative measure that allows the death penalty to be allowed for individuals convicted of committing sexual battery on children, or child rapists, under the age of 12 years old. During a press conference in Titusville, Florida with Attorney General […]
2024 Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy came out swinging against Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) in a recent interview on NBC's Meet the Press, criticizing the Governor's war with Disney. Specifically, Ramaswamy spoke against Gov. DeSantis signing Florida Senate Bill 7072 in 2021, which allowed Floridians to sue Big Tech platforms that censored their political opinions. […]
Trump has signaled that there’s no fundraising interest in another Biden run.
In a scathing video, Trump denounced Biden's 2024 run.
JERUSALEM – Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) visited the Museum of Tolerance in the Holy Land to reaffirm his support of Israel, as well as the State of Florida’s support of the Jewish nation. Gov. DeSantis spoke on his time as a U.S. Naval Officer deployed to the Middle East, providing insight into his experiences fighting […]
Hours after President Joe Biden officially announced his reelection campaign, American lawmakers like Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R) railed against the administration’s divisive policies, and questioned if the country could "survive another four years of Bdien.” “America, at least as we know it, honestly can’t survive another four of Joe Biden. In just the last […]
The recent flood in Fort Lauderdale, Florida may not have been enough to drown out Gov. Ron DeSantis’s presidential aspirations, but they sure left his public image among many voting Republicans waterlogged. On April 12, 2023, the city of Fort Lauderdale endured a historic 25.6-inch rain dump, causing massive city-wide flooding. The very next day. […]
