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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

Ron DeSantis Shakes Up the 2024 Presidential Race

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

Society & Culture, News

42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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The Florida Governor jumped into the GOP presidential contest on Wednesday with a technical glitch on Twitter but a substantial record of accomplishment in the state. Can he wrest the nomination from Donald Trump? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

0:24.5

Ron DeSantis formally declares the start of his campaign for president long-awaited and

0:30.1

using the unconventional approach of Twitter, which broke down as it happened before the

0:35.6

Florida governor could give his remarks for 20 minutes or so.

0:39.5

But glitches aside, how formidable is the Florida governor's message and what chances

0:44.4

does he have of defeating Donald Trump?

0:48.0

Welcome on Paul Gigo, editor of the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal.

0:51.9

I'm here with two of my colleagues, Kim Strassel and Kyle Peterson, both DeSantis Watchers,

0:58.5

presidential campaign watchers.

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So the launch glitch was embarrassing in the sense that if you want to launch a presidential

1:05.8

campaign, you'd prefer not to have it interrupted with a breakdown of what's supposed to be

1:10.7

a new and innovative way to announce.

1:13.0

And he lost some followers of people who dropped off the event.

1:16.8

But my own view, Kim's at this not going to matter much to the race in the long term.

1:21.5

The voters won't remember much or care who the press is fixated on it this morning.

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In the end, they'll care about what DeSantis says and how he presents himself as a candidate.

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I agree with you.

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Look, the press is fixated on it because Twitter is the home to the press.

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And that was one question you might have asked about DeSantis's decision to use this as

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