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Ron DeSantis‘ bid to unseat Donald Trump atop the Republican Party hasn’t been going well. The Florida governor had to “reboot” his campaign last week, firing a third of his staff. It’s been so bad, however, that donors want him to take it a step further and “clean house,” as …

Ron DeSantis is doing CPR on his campaign, and there’s no Republican spin room quite like Fox News. Amid a discussion of campaign drama and tanking polling, the Florida governor, a Navy veteran, told Fox’s Bret Baier that he supported Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s freeze on military promotions — because pronouns …

Ron DeSantis has centered his presidential campaign around the idea that he, and not Donald Trump, is the Republican candidate who can beat Joe Biden. That’s why Democrats have “picked” Trump as their preferred candidate. Unfortunately for the Florida governor, Biden’s team is now saying the exact opposite. Some of …

Ron DeSantis once again floated a potential pardon for his 2024 rival Donald Trump should the Florida governor win the presidency. During a Tuesday interview with right-wing podcaster Clay Travis, DeSantis justified the idea by citing President Gerald Ford’s pardoning of his predecessor Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal as …

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ campaign is firing 38 staffers, about one-third of its total roster, in an effort to cut back on spending as the Florida governor’s presidential bid stumbles. According to a report from Politico, which confirmed the layoffs with advisors from the campaign, the cuts to staff revealed …

Ron DeSantis has bragged about his time as a Navy lawyer at Guantanamo Bay, but in a canceled Vice documentary originally scheduled to air on Showtime, former detainees allege that he oversaw incidents they describe as “torture” and “mistreatment.” “Officer DeSantis was one of the officers who oversaw the force-feeding …

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has called on his state’s Board of Administration to explore legal action against Bud Light’s parent company, Anheuser-Busch (AB InBev), under the guise that a stock devaluation resulting from conservative boycotts against the brand is affecting Florida’s pension fund. Earlier this year, conservatives had a full …

Florida is always going to be Florida, but this time the state has really topped itself. On Wednesday, Florida’s Board of Education unanimously approved new rules for teaching Black history, which are concerning. The guidelines, titled “Florida’s State Academic Standards – Social Studies, 2023,” offer “benchmark clarifications” to teachers and …

Ron DeSantis is grasping at straws. The Republican Florida governor and presidential hopeful is battling a multifront war to remain a player in the race for the 2024 nomination. On Tuesday, DeSantis sat down with CNN’s Jake Tapper as part of an intentional strategy by the campaign to expand the …

Rage against Covid-19 lockdowns and vaccine mandates accelerated Ron DeSantis’ rise to the top of the Republican Party. It was supposed to be a key part of the governor’s plan to outflank Donald Trump in the 2024 primary. But here’s the problem: Republican voters, at this point, largely just don’t …