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Ron DeSantis gave his first 2024 presidential campaign rally at an Iowa megachurch on Tuesday – attacking a predictable list of foes, including the federal government, “wokeness”, Dr Anthony Fauci and the Walt Disney Company.
“No excuses, I will get the job done,” the Florida governor told the audience at Eternity Church in Clive, Iowa, as he warned Republicans that they faced a Democratic sweep in 2024 if they did not learn to win elections again.
Although Mr DeSantis did not mention his rival Donald Trump by name in the Midwest, he had earlier accused him of “taking the side of Disney in our fight down here in Florida. I’m standing for parents, I’m standing for children.”
Meanwhile, Florida attorney Michael Sasso, chosen by Mr DeSantis to be part of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District – given responsibility for Walt Disney World’s special tax district in legislation passed in February – has resigned just three months after taking the job.
This comes with Mr DeSantis facing three new lawsuits after he signed a new law just hours before announcing his presidential campaign last week making it harder to vote in the Sunshine State.
