DeSantis To Utah GOP: Florida Is the Utah Of The South

April 23, 2023 Politics, Republicans

Mother Jones reports:

After a recent poll put him 13 points behind Donald Trump for the GOP presidential nomination, Ron DeSantis decided to lick his wounds and head to Utah, a state where he might actually be more popular than the former president. On Saturday, the Florida governor spoke at the state’s GOP convention, where, amongst his trademark attacks on wokeness, he declared, “Florida is the Utah of the Southeast.”

DeSantis, who has not officially announced his bid for the presidency, was met with cheers and applause by Utah’s GOP delegates during his speech, in which he once again slammed Disney and said Florida would “eliminate DEI at all our public universities,” “kneecap ESG” (as he called it, “woke banking”),— and “prohibit for minors, gender surgeries and puberty blockers.”

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(We’re still awaiting word, however, on whether Utah is the Florida of the Mountain West.) https://t.co/sdJS4FSbDq

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) April 23, 2023

There is absolutely not one speck of Florida that is in any way like Utah. Possibly two of the most opposite states in the country in just about every way. This guy just isn’t very good at this. https://t.co/Xa5RVKgZL1

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 23, 2023

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) in Utah on Saturday night takes another veiled shot at Trump:

“Republicans need to shake the culture of losing that has developed in recent years. The time for excuses is over. We must get it done.” pic.twitter.com/d2PtAvrgeW

— The Recount (@therecount) April 23, 2023