The Washington Post is reporting that sources say Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will enter the 2024 GOP Presidential Nomination race next week as he convenes a meeting of donors in Florida. He is expected to hold an event in his hometown of Dunedin, Florida sometime after Memorial Day as well. I think DeSantis is late in entering the race. He has given President Trump too much time to define him and to gain momentum in the race. A lot can still happen, and I think DeSantis would be a great nominee for the General Election, but President Trump has a great deal of strength in the race. It will be an uphill fight to defeat him. But you never know. . . .
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to officially enter the 2024 presidential race next week, as the Republican gathers top fundraisers in Miami, according to two people familiar with the plans.
The second-term governor, widely considered at present to be the most viable GOP challenger to former president Donald Trump, has been laying the groundwork for a campaign for months. In speeches around the country, he has touted his landslide reelection win last year and his sweeping legislative agenda in Florida — passed this spring by GOP supermajorities — and also implicitly pitched himself as a better bet than Trump in the general election. . . .
Representatives for DeSantis’s political team declined to comment.
DeSantis is also expected to hold an event launching his candidacy in Dunedin, Fla., his hometown, according to one of the people familiar with the plans and another familiar with the kickoff gathering. That event is expected to take place after Memorial Day, according to the first person.
The people familiar with the plans spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe plans that had not been announced publicly. . . . DeSantis’s team is convening donors at a Four Seasons hotel in Miami from May 24 to 26 for a gathering expected to start raising money for a presidential campaign, people familiar with the event said. Fundraisers have already been meeting with the governor in small groups in Tallahassee in recent weeks and getting briefings from the DeSantis’s expected campaign team. . . . .
THE WASHINGTON POST VIA MSN