Florida Governor and Republican Party member Ron Deantis, appointed candidacy for the presidency of the United States, began his campaign in Iowa. For the first day after DeSantis’ nomination, campaign HQ collection $8.2 million and $1 million were raised in the first hour. Russian media has collected five interesting facts from the biography of main rival Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential race.
Ron DeSantis, 44, is Governor of Florida (since 2019), member of the Republican Party. From 2013 to 2018, he served as a member of the House of Representatives for Florida’s 6th congressional district. Married, three children.
Rust Belt Values ​​and Italian Roots
DeSantis ancestors moved to the United States from Italy. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida to middle-class parents Karen DeSantis, a nurse, and Ronald Daniel DeSantis, a Nielsen media measurement specialist.
In one of his books, DeSantis writes that his parents have “rust belt values” because his father is from western Pennsylvania and his mother is from northeastern Ohio, writing initiated. The “industrial belt” of the northeastern United States, which originated at the beginning of the industrial revolution and concentrated the production of heavy industry.
DeSantis’ younger sister worked as a financial consultant for one of the biggest consulting firms, KPMG. She deceased from a sudden illness in London in 2015 at the age of 30.
The next US presidential election will take place in November 2024. Each party will nominate a candidate.
In order to choose a single candidate for the nomination in “big” presidential elections, the Democratic and Republican parties hold so-called primaries and caucuses – a preliminary intra-party selection of candidates.
DeSantis is Trump’s main rival for the Republican presidential nomination, but so far the businessman is ahead of his competitor in the rankings. 56% of Republican voters who can participate in the primaries are ready to vote for Trump, only 22% for DeSantis, should from a Morning Consult poll. The rest of the respondents will vote for other candidates.
Controversial service at Guantanamo Bay
After graduating from high school in Florida State, DeSantis studied history at Yale University and graduated with honors in 2001. After that, he taught history at the school for a year, then entered Harvard Law School. In 2005, he graduated from Harvard with honors and obtained a Doctor of Jurisprudence. From an early age he was fond of baseball – at Yale he was the captain of the varsity team.
In 2004, he joined the US Navy. Two years later, he was sent to the Guantanamo base. How Remarks According to The Guardian newspaper, his activities at Guantanamo Bay – including a role in the investigation of three deaths – remain controversial. DeSantis himself said in a 2018 interview that his job at Guantanamo was to provide legal advice. “At the time, everything was legal in one way or another,” he said.
One of the former Guantanamo Bay prisoners argued that Ron DeSantis saw him being tortured. The former prisoner told The Independent he was force-fed by camp staff during a hunger strike in 2006 and that DeSantis was present at least once.
In 2007, DeSantis was posted to Iraq, where he worked as a legal adviser to the SEAL unit. For service in Iraq was awarded two medals.
Attitude towards migrants
Despite his Italian roots, the presidential candidate takes a tough stance on migrants. So, for example, in 2022, the governor of Florida sent about fifty illegal immigrants from the Texas border with Mexico to the island of Martha’s Vineyard (Massachusetts), where wealthy representatives of the American Democratic Party live. In particular, the media to write about Barack Obama’s mansion on Martha’s Vineyard. With this action, DeSantis wanted to draw the attention of wealthy Democrats to the problem of illegal migration, which conservatives say primarily affects ordinary Americans.
Earlier in June 2022, Governor Ron DeSantis distinct $12 million to create a program to get illegal migrants out of Florida.
In 2018, Ron DeSantis, then a candidate for governor of Florida, filmed a commercial in which he plays with his children while showing his support for Trump policies. Among other things, together with his daughter, he builds a wall of cardboard cubes: this game is called “Build a Wall”, which alludes to the plans to build a wall on the border with Mexico.
Earnings on advertising
Thus, at the end of 2021, his fortune was estimated at around $320,000, with the remaining debt on student loans at $20,000. Meanwhile, in February 2022, the Politico newspaper, citing sources informed that DeSantis has agreed to a “good deal” with HarperCollins to write a book about himself. His amount was not called, but the publication noted that DeSantis had previously turned down a deal with Simon and Schuster (parent company – Paramount) for around $2 million.
Such an agreement recalls that of Barack Obama in 2005, notes Forbes. Then Obama signed a three-book publishing deal with Random House for $1.9 million. Even if DeSantis doesn’t beat Trump in the presidential race, he could make a fortune on the publicity that accompanies presidential campaigns, any like Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders. fact, writes Forbes.
“Ron DeSantis – Donald Trump’s most likely challenger for the Republican nomination in the 2024 presidential election – has more in common with Barack Obama than with his Republican rival; at least when it comes to personal finances. noted in November 2022 by Forbes.
The Courage to Be Free from DeSantis: Florida’s Blueprint for America’s Renewal by HarperCollins registered on sale February 28, 2023. In November, The Guardian newspaper appointed the release of the book “is the clearest signal that Ron DeSantis is preparing to run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024”.
Dispute with Disney
In March 2022 Ron DeSantis sign a bill that bans discussion in schools, in all grades , the themes of sexual orientation and gender identity. The outrageous law is often referred to as “Don’t say gay”.
Disney Company sentenced the adoption of this law. after was initiated a bill that would deprive the company of the special privileges of self-government of the territories of the park. Then the company deposit in court against the governor.
At the same time, the governor is connected with the Disney company not only by litigation. In 2009, he married Casey Black (former TV presenter) at Disney’s Grand Floridian resort. In a recent interview with Governor appointed the situation is “a little ironic”.
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