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Ron DeSantis for President 2024 Announcement, May 24, 2023
I am running for President of the United States because I want to lead Our Great American Comeback.
Our country is going in the wrong direction. We see it with our eyes and we feel it in our bones.
Our southern border has collapsed and drugs are pouring into our country, killing tens of thousands of our fellow Americans
Our cities are being hollowed out by spiking crime -- the result of weak, ideologically-driven policies
Our federal government is making it harder for the average family to make ends meet and to attain and maintain a middle class lifestyle
Our president lacks vigor, flounders in the face of our nation's challenges, and takes his cues from the woke mob
But it doesn't have to be this way.
American decline is not inevitable -- it is a choice. We should choose a new direction -- a path that will lead to American revitalization.
We must restore sanity to our nation.
This means embracing Fiscal and economic sanity ... stop pricing hard-working Americans out of a good standard of living through inflationary borrow, print and spend policies. And embrace American energy independence.
This also means Replacing the woke mind virus with reality, facts, and enduring principles. Merit must trump identity politics.
We must return normalcy to our communities.
American is a sovereign country and our borders must be respected: we cannot have foreigners pouring into our country illegally by the millions, and we cannot allow drug cartels to poison our population with fentanyl.
The public deserves safe communities and law and order must be maintained. We cannot permit the inmates to run the asylum -- and we must reject attacks on the men and women of law enforcement.
We must reestablish integrity in our institutions.
This includes our military. US Navy and Iraq veteran. When revered institutions like our own military are more concerned with matters not central to the mission -- from global warming to gender ideology and pronouns, morale declines and recruiting suffers. We need to eliminate these distractions and get focused on the core mission.
We cannot have true constitutional government if the most significant issues are decided by the whims of unelected bureaucrats, rather than the people's elected representatives. Reestablishing integrity to our institutions means we must reinvigorate our constitutional system by returning the government to its rightful owners: we the people. No social or economic transformation without representation.
Truth must be our foundation -- and common sense can no longer be an uncommon virtue.
In Florida, we proved that it could be done.
We chose facts over fear.
We chose Education over indoctrination.
We chose Law and order over rioting and disorder.
We held the line when freedom hung in the balance.
Florida is now thriving as a result -- the fastest growing state, #1 in net in-migration, #1 in new business formations, #1 in education, 50 year low crime rate, and one of the lowest tax and debt per capita rates in America.
Governing is not entertainment. Its not about building a brand or virtue signaling on social media. It is about results. Our results in Florida have been second to none.
We can and we must deliver big results for America.
I pledge to be an energetic executive that will take on the important issues head on:
Biden has pursued inflationary policies that are hurting working people; we will reverse those policies and build an economy where working Americans can achieve a good standard of living.
Biden has opened the southern border and allowed massive amounts of drugs to pour into the country; we will shut down the border, construct a border wall, and hold the drug cartels accountable.
Biden has embraced medical authoritarianism, such as unconstitutional covid vax mandates; we will ensure that those violations of liberty can never happen again.
Biden has 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.
Biden has politicized the military and caused recruiting to plummet. We will eliminate ideological agendas from the military, focus on the military's core mission, and reverse the poor recruiting trends.
Biden has weaponized the power of the administrative state to advance his left-wing agenda. We will re-constitutionalize the executive branch and bring the administrative state to heel.
You can't do any of this if you don't win.
There is no substitute for victory -- we must end the culture of losing that has infected the Republican party in recent years.
The tired dogmas of the past are inadequate for a vibrant future -- we must look forward, not backwards
The courage to lead. The strength to win.
To voters participating in this primary process I can promise this: If you nominate me, you can set your clock to January 20, 2025 at high noon because on the west side of the US Capitol I will be taking the oath of office as the 47th president of the United States.
No excuses. I will get it done.
The past few years have given me a new appreciation for the fragility of our freedoms. Founding Fathers were keenly aware of this, studied every republic in history of mankind...
We have a lot of work to do to ensure our country gets back on track. I ask you to join me on this mission.
Please invest in our campaign by making a donation.
Thank you, God bless.
Ron DeSantis for President 2024 Announcement, May 24, 2023
I am running for President of the United States because I want to lead Our Great American Comeback.
Our country is going in the wrong direction. We see it with our eyes and we feel it in our bones.
Our southern border has collapsed and drugs are pouring into our country, killing tens of thousands of our fellow Americans
Our cities are being hollowed out by spiking crime -- the result of weak, ideologically-driven policies
Our federal government is making it harder for the average family to make ends meet and to attain and maintain a middle class lifestyle
Our president lacks vigor, flounders in the face of our nation's challenges, and takes his cues from the woke mob
But it doesn't have to be this way.
American decline is not inevitable -- it is a choice. We should choose a new direction -- a path that will lead to American revitalization.
We must restore sanity to our nation.
This means embracing Fiscal and economic sanity ... stop pricing hard-working Americans out of a good standard of living through inflationary borrow, print and spend policies. And embrace American energy independence.
This also means Replacing the woke mind virus with reality, facts, and enduring principles. Merit must trump identity politics.
We must return normalcy to our communities.
American is a sovereign country and our borders must be respected: we cannot have foreigners pouring into our country illegally by the millions, and we cannot allow drug cartels to poison our population with fentanyl.
The public deserves safe communities and law and order must be maintained. We cannot permit the inmates to run the asylum -- and we must reject attacks on the men and women of law enforcement.
We must reestablish integrity in our institutions.
This includes our military. US Navy and Iraq veteran. When revered institutions like our own military are more concerned with matters not central to the mission -- from global warming to gender ideology and pronouns, morale declines and recruiting suffers. We need to eliminate these distractions and get focused on the core mission.
We cannot have true constitutional government if the most significant issues are decided by the whims of unelected bureaucrats, rather than the people's elected representatives. Reestablishing integrity to our institutions means we must reinvigorate our constitutional system by returning the government to its rightful owners: we the people. No social or economic transformation without representation.
Truth must be our foundation -- and common sense can no longer be an uncommon virtue.
In Florida, we proved that it could be done.
We chose facts over fear.
We chose Education over indoctrination.
We chose Law and order over rioting and disorder.
We held the line when freedom hung in the balance.
Florida is now thriving as a result -- the fastest growing state, #1 in net in-migration, #1 in new business formations, #1 in education, 50 year low crime rate, and one of the lowest tax and debt per capita rates in America.
Governing is not entertainment. Its not about building a brand or virtue signaling on social media. It is about results. Our results in Florida have been second to none.
We can and we must deliver big results for America.
I pledge to be an energetic executive that will take on the important issues head on:
Biden has pursued inflationary policies that are hurting working people; we will reverse those policies and build an economy where working Americans can achieve a good standard of living.
Biden has opened the southern border and allowed massive amounts of drugs to pour into the country; we will shut down the border, construct a border wall, and hold the drug cartels accountable.
Biden has embraced medical authoritarianism, such as unconstitutional covid vax mandates; we will ensure that those violations of liberty can never happen again.
Biden has 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.
Biden has politicized the military and caused recruiting to plummet. We will eliminate ideological agendas from the military, focus on the military's core mission, and reverse the poor recruiting trends.
Biden has weaponized the power of the administrative state to advance his left-wing agenda. We will re-constitutionalize the executive branch and bring the administrative state to heel.
You can't do any of this if you don't win.
There is no substitute for victory -- we must end the culture of losing that has infected the Republican party in recent years.
The tired dogmas of the past are inadequate for a vibrant future -- we must look forward, not backwards
The courage to lead. The strength to win.
To voters participating in this primary process I can promise this: If you nominate me, you can set your clock to January 20, 2025 at high noon because on the west side of the US Capitol I will be taking the oath of office as the 47th president of the United States.
No excuses. I will get it done.
The past few years have given me a new appreciation for the fragility of our freedoms. Founding Fathers were keenly aware of this, studied every republic in history of mankind...
We have a lot of work to do to ensure our country gets back on track. I ask you to join me on this mission.
Please invest in our campaign by making a donation.
Thank you, God bless.
Ron DeSantis’ Remarks at Iowa Caucus Night Watch Party
“Because of your support, in spite of all of that they threw at us, everyone against us, we've got our ticket punched out of Iowa.”
DES MOINES, Iowa – Ron DeSantis tonight delivered remarks at his Iowa Caucus Night Watch Party in West Des Moines, Iowa. The full transcript is below.
“They threw everything but the kitchen sink at us.
hey spent almost $50 million attacking us. No one's faced that much all the way just through Iowa. The media was against us. They were writing our obituary months ago.
They even called the election before people even got a chance to vote.
They were just so excited about the fact that they were predicting that we wouldn't be able to get our ticket punched here out of Iowa. But I can tell you, because of your support, in spite of all of that they threw at us, everyone against us, we've got our ticket punched out of Iowa.
And what I what I learned by going around Iowa is that this country has a basic decency. We've got hardworking people, God fearing people, patriotic people. You just don't see it every day because of all the nonsense that gets spewed out there, by the media, by social media, all this other stuff. People want to have hope for this country's future. And that's what we represent. We represent a chance to reverse the madness that we've seen in this country, to reverse the decline of this country and to give this country a new birth of freedom and a restoration of sanity. That's what we are going to do.
So we have our marching orders. Our marching orders are to do all we can to preserve what George Washington called the sacred fire of liberty, the same fire that burned in Philadelphia in 1776, when our founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence. The same sacred fire of liberty that burned at a cemetery in Gettysburg when our first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln, pledged our nation to a new birth of freedom. The same sacred fire of liberty that was on the beaches of Normandy in 1944, when our band of brothers stormed those shores and helped free the world. The same sacred fire of liberty that was at the Berlin Wall in 1987, when Ronald Reagan stood there and said, ‘Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.’ This is our responsibility to carry this torch and to preserve this sacred fire of liberty. Don't run away from this responsibility. We welcome this responsibility.
We thank you for your effort. We thank you for your support. You helped us get a ticket punched out of the Hawkeye State. We have a lot of work to do, but I can tell you this as the next President of the United States. I am going to get the job done for this country.
I am not going to make any excuses. And I guarantee you this: I will not let you down. Thank you. God bless you. Thank you so much.”
DeSantis Suspends Presidential Campaign, Thanks Supporters
“I am today suspending my campaign. I am proud to have delivered on 100% of my promises and I will not stop now.”
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Ron DeSantis today issued the following video statement suspending his presidential campaign and thanking his supporters.
A transcript of his remarks is below:
Greetings from Florida,
The warmth of being home is a reminder of why I have chosen a life of public service – from joining the United States Navy and serving in Iraq – to representing the people in Congress – and now serving as governor.
And it reminds me why I decided to run for President: to fight for those who have been forgotten in this country.
This is America’s time for choosing.
We can choose to allow a border invasion or we can choose to stop it.
We can choose reckless borrowing and spending or we can choose to limit government and lower inflation.
We can choose political indoctrination, or we can choose classical education.
These choices are symptoms of the underlying struggle to ensure that constitutional government can endure and that Western Civilization can survive.
We launched this campaign to bring accountability to government, regain sovereignty at our border, and restore sanity to our society.
We cannot succeed as a country if we allow our nation to be invaded, our currency to be debased, our cities to crumble, and our kids to be indoctrinated.
The DC elites who have facilitated this mess do not work for you, they do not care about you; they work for themselves. They seek to accumulate power at your expense to pursue an agenda that is harmful to the American people.
Citizens do not serve politicians; it is the duty of politicians to serve you.
Talk is cheap. Actions speak louder than words.
Reversing the decline of this nation requires leadership that delivers big results for the people we are elected to serve.
I have a record of leading with conviction, championing an agenda marked by bold colors, delivering on my promises, and defeating the people who are responsible for our nation’s decline.
That is the type of leadership we need for all of America.
Now over the past many months, Casey and I have traveled across the country to deliver a message of hope, that decline is a choice, and that we, in fact, can succeed again as a nation.
Nobody worked harder. And we left it all out on the field.
Now following our second-place finish in Iowa, we have prayed and deliberated on the way forward. If there was anything I could do to produce a favorable outcome — more campaign stops, more interviews — I would do it. But I can’t ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources if we don’t have a clear path to victory.
Accordingly, I am today suspending my campaign.
I am proud to have delivered on 100% of my promises and I will not stop now.
It’s clear to me that a majority of Republican primary voters want to give Donald Trump another chance. They watched his presidency get stymied by relentless resistance and they see Democrats using lawfare to this day to attack him.
While I have had disagreements with Donald Trump, such as on the coronavirus pandemic and his elevation of Anthony Fauci, Trump is superior to the current incumbent, Joe Biden. That is clear.
I signed a pledge to support the Republican nominee and I will honor that pledge.
He has my endorsement because we can’t go back to the old Republican guard of yesteryear -- a repackaged form of warmed-over corporatism -- that Nikki Haley represents.
The days of putting Americans last, of kowtowing to large corporations, of caving to woke ideology, are over.
I thank all of our passionate supporters who have stood by us through it all. That we had people volunteer to come to Iowa in the middle of a blizzard to knock on doors and make phone calls touched us dearly.
No candidate had more thrown at him, but no candidate had so many committed volunteers and staff.
Finally, I want to thank my wife Casey and our kids Madison, Mason, and Mamie. Casey has gone far above and beyond in her support for our campaign and for our cause. She is not only a great wife and mother; she is a great American, who cares deeply about the future of the country that our kids will inherit.
Our kids have seen and done a lot on the trail, from playing on the famed Field of Dreams baseball site in Iowa to making their first snowman in New Hampshire.
They are one of the reasons we fight so hard for what we believe in.
Winston Churchill once remarked that “success is not final, failure is not fatal — it is the courage to continue that counts.”
While this campaign has ended, the mission continues. Down here in Florida, we will continue to show the country how to lead.
Thank you and God bless.