Ron DeSantis could launch presidential bid by the end of May

So great to be in Cedar Rapids. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis making his 2024 sales pitch to Iowa Republicans, touting his conservative record as the clock ticks towards his official announcement. We're going to have a chance pretty soon to make sure that's done in every state in this country. DeSantis likely to make his intentions official by the end of this month, NBC News has learned. Today, his political staff is set to move into a new base of operations in Tallahassee. According to two sources, a move that will trigger disclosure requirements and the need to file his candidacy paperwork within two weeks. While DeSantis trails former President Donald Trump in most polls, many Republicans see him as Mr.

Trump's most formidable rival, as the governor tries to recast the one-term president, without naming him, as a political loser. We must reject the culture of losing that has infected our party in recent years. The time for excuses is over. Mr. Trump on Saturday, postponing a planned rally in Des Moines due to a tornado threat, stepping up his attacks against DeSantis. The problem with Ron DeSantis is that he needs a personality transplant, and those are not yet available. And on CNN, insisting the Florida governor is no political threat.

I'm leading Des Sanctimonious by a lot, by 40 points or 45 points. With recent polls showing a tight race in a potential Biden-Trump rematch, President Biden is aiming to shore up support among his Democratic base, evoking the former president in an address to graduates of the historically black Howard University. For those who do anything and everything, no matter how desperate or immoral, to hold on to power.

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