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Ron DeSantis announced on May 24, 2023 that he is running for president in the Republican primary. DeSantis won the race for Florida governor in 2018 and 2022. DeSantis was first elected to Congress in 2012 and resigned in September 2018 to focus on his campaign. He represented Florida's 6th Congressional District which is south of St. Augustine and north of Orlando and includes Daytona Beach. DeSantis initially ran for U.S. Senate in 2016 but dropped out after Marco Rubio decided to seek re-election.

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Ron DeSantis
stated on July 18, 2023 in an interview:

“In some liberal states, you actually have post-birth abortions.”

By Samantha Putterman • July 21, 2023
Ron DeSantis
stated on July 9, 2023 in an interview with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo:

Federal “agencies and government have grown 50% since 2019.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2023
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 29, 2023 in a tweet:

Donald Trump is an “affirmative action advocate.”

By Jeff Cercone • June 30, 2023
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 17, 2023 in a tweet:

Protests of (Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) at a Los Angeles Dodgers game led to a "virtually empty stadium for the game itself.”

By Jeff Cercone • June 19, 2023
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 7, 2023 in a roundtable discussion.:

“A place like California, they give (immigrants in the country illegally) benefits. They give unemployment checks.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • June 9, 2023

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stated on July 10, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said in his yearbook that his “Mount Rushmore is Jesus, Sir-Mixes-a-Lot, and Nintendo 64.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 11, 2023
MAGA Inc
stated on May 12, 2023 in a TV ad:

“In Congress Ron DeSantis pushed a 23% national sales tax.”

By Amy Sherman • May 16, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on April 30, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed “a last-minute exception into an anti-discrimination law for anyone who also operates a theme park more than 25 acres in Florida,” benefiting Walt Disney Co.

By Matthew Crowley • May 4, 2023
Donald Trump
stated on April 30, 2023 in a Truth Social post:

A Florida elections bill “guts everything” “instead of getting tough, and doing what the people want (same day voting, Voter ID, proof of Citizenship, paper ballots, hand count, etc.).”

By Amy Sherman • May 3, 2023
Donald Trump
stated on April 22, 2023 in a statement:

Gov. Ron DeSantis sealed "all beaches" in Florida.

By Yacob Reyes • April 3, 2023

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