The Florida governor gave more details in a Twitter Space hosted by billionaire Elon Musk that was scheduled to take place at 6:00 p.m. Eastern time (4:00 p.m. Mexico City time), but due to multiple technical difficulties, it had to a 20 minute delay.
“Congratulations on breaking the internet, hopefully that’s not the only thing you break,” Musk told DeSantis before starting his speech.
DeSantis, the sixth Republican politician to sign up for the primaries, is in second place in the polls, but more than 30 points behind Trump, who helped him win the Florida gubernatorial election but today is his biggest detractor. although not the only one, as the former president rightly predicted.
A hundred protesters toured part of Brickell Avenue in Miami today to express their rejection of whom they labeled “fascist” and “racist” and concentrated in a hotel where donors and supporters of the governor had gathered.
The protesters carried banners with slogans such as “The good people of Florida stand up against DeSantis”, “We oppose fascism”, “Never DeSantis” or “DeSantis against the working class” and other rainbow flags of the LGTBQ+ community.
Declared an enemy of left-wing ideologies, DeSantis, 44, as a cover letter for this campaign, has signed a series of ultra-conservative measures that were approved in the last session of the state congress, with a Republican majority.
During his message, DeSantis criticized the Joe Biden government for “opening the United States border” and allowing the entry of “millions of foreigners illegally” and drugs, such as fentanyl. Also, he said that his economic measures, such as his plan to reduce inflation, had “hurt average American families,” so he would reverse them if he made it to the White House.
The governor also had words against former President Donald Trump, the rival to beat in the Republican Party to reach the ballot in November 2024.
“Government is not entertainment, it’s not building a personal brand or pointing out virtues. It’s making decisions,” DeSantis said, referring to the former president, though he did not mention his name.