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Richard Luscombe in Miami

Is rising Maga star Ron DeSantis the man to displace Trump in 2024?

Ron DeSantis Donald Trump MAGA Florida Trumpism Michael Binder Republican
Ron DeSantis is likely to be re-elected as governor of Florida this November but has been fundraising in other, possibly with a view to a presidential run in 2024.
Ron DeSantis is likely to be re-elected as governor of Florida this November but has been fundraising in other, possibly with a view to a presidential run in 2024. Photograph: John Raoux/AP

As Donald Trump continues to prevaricate over a further run for the White House in 2024, another name has emerged as a possible candidate for the Republican party’s presidential nomination: Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis.

The rising star of the conservative Maga movement – named for Trump’s “make America great again” campaign slogan – has beaten the former president in several recent polls of party activists, some of whom appear to finally be growing weary of Trump’s “big lie” that the 2020 election was stolen.

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