Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has frequently focused on fighting conservative ideological battles as part of a strategy to raise his profile above those of other presidential candidates like former President Donald Trump, has all the while neglected to address issues affecting residents of the state he governs.
DeSantis officially launched his presidential campaign on May 24 during a Twitter Spaces interview with Tesla and Twitter CEO Elon Musk. According to NPR, DeSantis told Musk: “Biden’s allowed woke ideology to drive his agenda. We will never surrender to the woke mob, and we will leave woke ideology in the dustbin of history.”
DeSantis, like other Republicans, has co-opted the term “woke,” originally used by Black activists to describe awareness of social issues such as systemic racism, and used it as a label to attack progressive ideals and policies.
Since winning election to Florida governor in 2018, DeSantis has pursued his ultra-conservative agenda in frequent Fox News appearances. Trump used a similar tactic before the 2016 presidential election to appeal to conservative voters.
An aggregate of national polling on Republican presidential candidates has shown that Trump and DeSantis are the most popular in the field. However, Trump still has a significant lead of 33.3 percentage points over DeSantis.
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