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DeSantis Joins the 2024 Race – Intercessors for America

After months of predictions, DeSantis has now officially announced his candidacy for president.

From National Review. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis entered the race for the Republican presidential nomination on Wednesday during an online Twitter event, calling for a restoration of sanity and a national revitalization, and telling people to “buckle up.” …

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“I am running for president of the United States to lead our great American comeback,” DeSantis said at the start of the online forum, hosted by Twitter CEO Elon Musk and tech entrepreneur David Sacks, that was marred by technical glitches and started nearly a half hour late. …

“American decline is not inevitable. It’s a choice,” DeSantis said, calling for a restoration of sanity to the nation, including fiscal and economic sanity. “This also means replacing the woke mind virus with reality, facts, and enduring principles.”

Speaking directly to Republican voters, he confidently pledged that if they choose him as their standard bearer, he will win.

“If you nominate me, you can set your clock to January 20, 2025, at high-noon, because on the west side of the U.S. Capitol I will be taking the oath of office as the 47th president of the United States,” he said. “No excuses. I will get the job done.”

DeSantis has been viewed by many to be the most likely candidate to wrest control of the Republican Party from former president Donald Trump. But the decision to launch his campaign virtually initially appeared to have been a misstep when the Twitter Space feed struggled under the weight of more than a half million users. …

Biden’s camp trolled DeSantis, tweeting “This link works,” and linking to the president’s fundraising site. Trump mocked his Republican rival on Truth Social: “Is the DeSantis launch FATAL? Yes!”

A DeSantis spokesman responded that there was so much enthusiasm for DeSantis’s vision that the governor “literally busted up the internet.”

The hour-long event, which was supposed to start at 6 p.m., didn’t really get rolling until closer to 6:30 p.m. “We’re really breaking new ground here,” said Sacks, the host, who used his position to take aim at of DeSantis’s critics. …

DeSantis said public health agencies “failed” during the pandemic and need to be “cleaned out.” As president, he said, he would rein in government agencies.

“Buckle up when I get in there,” DeSantis said. “The status quo is not acceptable.” …

In addition to the Twitter Spaces announcement, DeSantis also released a short launch video that touched on many of the same themes as his Twitter conversation. …

 

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