Conservative social media influencers have flocked to Florida for 'freedom,' 'liberty' and another reason: Gov. Ron DeSantis
, a conservative television host and YouTube personality, tweeted to his one million Twitter followers. He recently moved from California to Florida. “Florida is the Future.”
“Tune out from the clown show in Washington D.C.,” Jordan Schachtel, a conservative journalist who was at the get-together in Tallahassee, tweeted about DeSantis’ speech to his more than 167,000 followers. “The leader of the Free World is speaking.” Most of those on the Tallahassee trip did not respond to requests for comment, but Newsweek Opinion Editor Josh Hammer and Fox News’ Lisa Boothe, both of whom live in Florida, sent identical emails in response to POLITICO’s questions: “You can quote me as follows: ‘Florida rocks.’”
That attention comes as DeSantis has also drawn Trump’s ire. Trump has repeatedly said he would beat DeSantis in a GOP primary, and just last week on the conservative One America News Network called politicians who will not say if they have gotten the Covid-19 booster shot “gutless” — a comment widely seen as directed at DeSantis, who has waffled when asked about the issue though has said he’s been vaccinated.
"Now, with DeSantis up for re-election, it’s an all hands on deck effort to propel Governor DeSantis across the finish line once more," he added, referring to DeSantis running again this year for governor.
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