DeSantis dropped out of the presidential race but will now support Trump.
DeSantis is expected to help Trump's campaign with connections and fundraising.
Despite a contentious primary, DeSantis will take a leading role in fighting abortion-rights referendum and recreational marijuana initiative in Florida, campaign for GOP candidates, and raise money for members of Congress who supported his presidential bid.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump met on April 28, 2024, at Shell Bay in Florida.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump met for the first time since the end of the Republican presidential primary on Sunday, April 28, 2024, in Florida. The meeting took place at Shell Bay, a development and golf club owned by longtime friend of Trump, Steve Witkoff. DeSantis is expected to help Trump by using his connections and fundraising network and bring in millions of dollars for the former president's campaign.
DeSantis dropped out of the presidential race after a contentious Republican primary where he was the target of relentless attacks from Trump. The two men had a bruising primary race, with tensions between them and their aides often boiling over. However, allies of both men say it is politically beneficial for them to come together for the 2024 campaign and beyond.
Despite sniping with Trump, DeSantis will also take a leading role in fighting an abortion-rights referendum and recreational marijuana initiative in Florida. He will campaign for GOP candidates across the country and raise money for members of Congress who supported his presidential bid.
The meeting was reported earlier by The Washington Post, but neither Trump nor DeSantis has commented on it publicly.
Ron DeSantis is poised to take a leading role in fighting an abortion-rights referendum and recreational marijuana initiative in Florida.
DeSantis will campaign for GOP candidates across the country and raise money for members of Congress who supported his presidential bid.
Despite sniping with Donald Trump, DeSantis is expected to help the former president by using his connections and fundraising network and bring in millions of dollars.
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]DeSantis is poised to take a leading role in fighting an abortion-rights referendum and recreational marijuana initiative in Florida.[
DeSantis' focus in 2024 is primarily on Florida, where he will fight two ballot measures that could expand access to abortion and allow the sale and use of recreational marijuana due to potential risks they pose to Republican voters.
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The article contains selective reporting as it only reports details that support the author's position of DeSantis rebuilding his political future and taking a leading role in fighting two ballot measures in Florida. The author also uses emotional manipulation by stating 'DeSantis this week dared Democrats to spend money in the third most populous state.' without providing any context or evidence for why this is significant or manipulative.
DeSantis is poised to take the most public steps yet to rebuild his political future after dropping out of the 2024 presidential race,
DeSantis is also planning to head out of state to campaign with GOP candidates for U.S. Senate.
The governor disagrees with the policies and also must confront the risk that the initiatives could drive Democratic turnout.
But he’s also raising money for members of Congress, including Reps. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and Laurel Lee (R-Fla.). Both backed his bid for president.
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The article contains several instances of appeals to authority and inflammatory rhetoric. DeSantis is described as a 'powerful brand' and a 'powerful fundraiser' by an anonymous Florida Republican fundraiser. The author also states that Trump posted on Truth Social that the meeting with DeSantis was a 'great meeting'. These statements are appeals to authority as they rely on the opinions of others rather than providing evidence or logical reasoning. Additionally, there are several instances of inflammatory rhetoric used by both DeSantis and Democrats. For example, DeSantis dares Democrats to spend money in Florida and mocks them for doing so, while Fried states that Trump asked DeSantis to step up because Florida is 'in play'. These statements are intended to provoke emotion rather than provide logical arguments or evidence.
The governor is still a very powerful brand and a powerful fundraiser.
Trump posted on Truth Social that it was a ‘great meeting’
DeSantis dares Democrats to spend money in Florida. 'Light up the airwaves – do it, light it on fire.', DeSantis says. 'We are fine with you doing that here.'
Nikki Fried, the chair of the Florida Democratic Party, had her own retort. 'The reason that Trump and DeSantis met is because Trump knows Florida is in play and he’s asked [DeSantis] to step up.'
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The article does not contain any clear examples of bias towards a specific political ideology, religion, or monetary gain. However, the author does use language that depicts one side (Democrats) as being more extreme and willing to spend money in Florida. This is an example of biased language.
The reason that Trump and DeSantis met is because Trump knows Florida is in play and he’s asked [DeSantis] to step up.
We are fine with you doing that here. But I can confidently predict that you’ll see Republican victories not just at the top of the ticket, but up and down the ballot.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is taking steps to thaw relations with former President Trump, his primary-season rival.
DeSantis met with Trump in a private meeting in Miami over the weekend, the first time he had spoken with the former president since dropping out of the White House race following disappointing showings in the early-voting states.
The meeting underscores DeSantis’ need to repair relations with Trump if he intends to run for another office in the future.
DeSantis and Trump were not always campaign rivals. The Florida governor tied himself to the president during his first gubernatorial campaign in 2018 and campaigned for Trump’s reelection bid in 2020.
By the time DeSantis officially jumped into the presidential race in May 2023, some observers speculated that he could surpass Trump as the new GOP standard-bearer.
Ultimately, though, the former governor’s campaign failed to live up to expectations. He faced constant negative press over his often stilted performances on the campaign trail and consistently polled behind Trump leading up to the Iowa caucuses.
After coming in a distant second to Trump in Iowa, he dropped out of the race just days before the New Hampshire primary.
The meeting signals a thaw in Trump and DeSantis’ previously frosty relationship, which took a turn for the worst following DeSantis’ decision to challenge Trump for the Republican presidential nomination.
Trump relentlessly targeted DeSantis over the course of the primary campaign, labeling him ‘DeSanctimonious’, among other things.
The two men have much in common, coming from the same wing of the GOP and sharing a support base of voters and donors.
DeSantis supporters argue that his fundraising prowess and star power among conservatives will be a major factor in ultimately rallying and unifying the conservative base ahead of November.
Recent polling has shown Trump narrowly leading President Biden, but Trump has trailed the current president in fundraising. Biden ended last quarter with $155 million in the bank compared to Trump’s $42 million.
Jimmy Kimmel and Ron DeSantis had a meeting reportedly in Miami on Sunday, 2023
Ron DeSantis was once an ardent supporter of Donald Trump but their friendship cooled off after DeSantis decided to run against Trump as a Republican candidate in the presidential primaries
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Ron DeSantis had a meeting with Donald Trump in Miami on Sunday, 2023
Trump publicly slammed DeSantis with derogatory names and criticized his policies, but later endorsed him following his exit from the race
Speculation arises that Trump may choose DeSantis as a running mate in November 2023 elections
Deception
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The author uses emotional manipulation and sensationalism by referring to Ron DeSantis as a 'pathetic little worm' multiple times. This is not an objective analysis or reporting of the facts.
Poor Ron DeSantis, what a pathetic little worm
> The comedian dubbed DeSantis a ‘pathetic little worm’
Fallacies
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The author, Sophie Lloyd, uses inflammatory rhetoric by calling Ron DeSantis a 'pathetic little worm' multiple times in the article. This is an example of an ad hominem fallacy where the author attacks the person rather than their argument.
"Poor Ron De Santis, what a pathetic little worm,"
"They said he did because he wants to run for president again in 2028. That seems like a great idea, what he doesn't realize is, Trump is also going to be running for president again in 2028."
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The author uses derogatory language towards Ron DeSantis by calling him a 'pathetic little worm'. This is an example of biased language used to demean and belittle the subject.
