Casey DeSantis Takes Veiled Swipe At Byron Donalds

February 25, 2025 Infighting Is Funny, Republicans

Florida Politics reports:

Florida’s First Lady sounded like a candidate for her husband’s job during a speech to the Global Liberty Institute. Casey DeSantis delivered a dire warning about how Florida could become a “purple state” sooner than later, mirroring rhetoric from Gov. Ron DeSantis.

“While we are leading here in the state of Florida, I would say, and this is true, even with a Republican supermajority and the GOAT in the Governor’s office, none of this here runs on autopilot. The winds in Florida and frankly the sanity and the freedom that we enjoy in the free state of Florida unfortunately are not guaranteed in perpetuity,” Casey DeSantis warned.

In addition to threats posed by “the left and special interests,” she said, “squishes wanting to go Republican lite by continuing to spend on massive boondoggles and not implementing the will of the people” also present obstacles.

Read the full article. Yesterday Ron DeSantis attacked GOP Rep. Byron Donalds, who is expected to run against Casey DeSantis, accusing Donalds of ignoring Florida in a push for the national spotlight. Donalds hasn’t yet filed to run but Trump endorsed him last week in a post on Truth Social. Trump’s endorsement came an hour after a Florida poll showed Casey DeSantis leading the prospective GOP field by a wide margin, with Matt Gaetz in second place and Donalds a distant third.



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