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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

Ron DeSantis Signals That His Florida Record Will Be a Presidential Campaign Theme

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

News, Society & Culture

4.22.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

As he considers a run for the White House, the Florida Governor offers his Sunshine State record on Covid, education and more as a model for Washington. Plus, Donald Trump shows in his CPAC speech that he has DeSantis on his mind. 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.

0:25.1

The 2024 presidential election, believe it or not, the campaign is already under way,

0:32.4

even if not everybody is announced as a candidate.

0:36.0

And the Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump gave weekend speeches that contrast their different approaches

0:42.5

for winning the Republican nomination.

0:45.5

That is, if Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor decides to get any hasn't announced yet,

0:50.1

although he has recently published a book and is going out something of a book tour

0:54.6

that sounds almost like a soft campaign launch, or as somebody said to me, maybe not so soft.

1:00.2

A launch.

1:01.2

And of course, Donald Trump never does anything soft, and he's already geared up.

1:05.2

We want to talk a little bit today about the speeches, what they tell us about the campaign so far.

1:10.8

Welcome. I'm Paul Gigo, editor of the Wall Street Journal opinion pages,

1:15.0

and I'm here with my colleagues, Bill McGurne and Kyle Peterson.

1:20.0

Welcome to you both.

1:21.8

Ron DeSantis, Florida governor out and about across the country, met with donors from the club for growth

1:27.6

in Florida late last week, then headed out to the Reagan Library of popular destination for Republican presidential

1:34.5

hopefuls. And he gave a weekend speech about 54 minutes, making his case for his Florida record

1:39.6

on everything from COVID, school choice, crime, and the economy. Let's listen.

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