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After months of speculation, Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis officially launched his presidential campaign on Wednesday and discussed his plans for resolving the illegal immigration crisis and cleaning out the federal bureaucracy with hundreds of thousands of listeners as he pitched himself as the candidate to “lead our great American comeback.”
Shortly after his presidential run became official, DeSantis discussed his vision for the country and record as Florida governor in a Twitter space hosted by Twitter CEO Elon Musk and venture capitalist David Sacks. When asked to address the media narrative that he was “trying to ban books,” blocking efforts to “teach kids about slavery,” and telling schools to “say that gay people don’t exist,” DeSantis responded by assuring the hundreds of thousands of people who tuned into the conversation that “the whole book ban thing is a hoax.”
“There’s not been a single book banned in the state of Florida. You can go buy or you can use whatever book you want,” DeSantis said. Continue reading…
