Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis officially launched his presidential campaign on Wednesday evening, setting out his priorities during a glitch-filled Twitter Spaces event with Elon Musk. His statement included familiar red meat for the Republican base, including tirades over Disney and "woke" corporations but also an extended riff on crypto.
"You have every right to do Bitcoin. The only reason these people in Washington don't like it is because they don't control it...I think that the current regime, clearly they have it out for Bitcoin, and if it continues for another four years, you know, they'll probably end up killing it," he said while claiming Bitcoin is a threat to the "central planners" in the Biden administration who wish to control everything.
