Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson, and this is five things you need to know Thursday,

the 25th of May, 2023.

Today, Rhonda Santis enters the field.

Plus a notable January 6th rioter is sentenced, and we look at the future of Supreme Court

ethics.

Florida Governor Rod DeSantis is officially running for president.

He entered the race yesterday after months of anticipation, and he's expected to focus

his campaign heavily on culture war battles and a contrarian COVID-19 record that brought

him national attention in recent years.

And of course, there's his constant feuding with former president Donald Trump.

He enters the race weekend by Trump's constant attacks and pulling below his peak after

a dominant re-election win last year, but he still holds good will with a segment of

the Republican Party, holds a huge amount of campaign cash, and has less baggage than

Trump, who was impeached twice and faces 34 criminal charges.

That said, it was a rocky campaign launch.

His announcement video on Twitter was hit with technical difficulties for more than 20

minutes.

He was able to deliver his speech.

A federal judge has sentenced one of the most infamous Capitol rioters to 54 months in

prison.

That's after he was photographed putting his feet up on a desk inside the office of

then-house speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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