Ron DeSantis presents his candidacy for the 2024 presidential elections in the United States

the governor of Floridathe republican Ron DeSantismade official this Wednesday his candidacy in the primaries of the Republican Party for the 2024 presidential elections in USAaccording to US media reports.

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According to Fox News, DeSantis44 years old, submitted the required documentation to the Federal Election Commissionhours before a conversation that he will have with the businessman Elon Musk and that will be broadcast this afternoon on Twitter.

The governor of Florida is the sixth to run in the Republican primaries, after the former president donald trump (2017-2021), the first to formalize his aspiration, and the former ambassador of USA before the UN nikki haley.

In addition to them, they have announced that the former governor of Arkansas Asa Hutchinsonbusinessman Vivek Ramaswamy and the African American senator Tim Scott.

The announcement means formalizing what had been rumored for a long time, especially since six months ago he won re-election with overwhelming ease, almost 20 percentage points difference, and his name acquired national relevance among American conservatives.

His formal entry into the campaign, which occurs shortly before a meeting with donors that he will hold in Miamimakes him the main rival of former President Trump, the favorite among Republican candidates and who leads the governor by more than 30 points, according to polls.

DeSantis He is the second best placed, ahead of Haley, who published a campaign video in which he affirms that the Florida governor is only “an echo” of Trump, whom he literally copies, even in gestures.

The former president, who supported him when he ran for Governor of Florida in 2018, at a time when DeSantis He was a total stranger, he has not stopped attacking him almost daily through the social network Truth.

Similarly, a Political Action Committee (PAC) akin to Trump has spent millions attacking DeSantis through advertisements on national television, in what has been the prelude to the fight that the two main candidates (and former allies) will hold in the Republican primaries.

On the Democratic side, the current president of USA, Joe Bidenwho has already announced that he is running for re-election, stands as the favorite among the applicants, which also includes the self-help writer marianne williamson and the environmental lawyer and nephew of the president John F. Kennedy (1961-1963), Robert F Kennedy Jr.

Source: Elcomercio

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