Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano has announced he is not running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Sen. Bob Casey Jr. He made the announcement Thursday evening with his wife, Rebecca “Rebbie” Mastriano, in a Facebook Live post. In a bid for Pennsylvania’s governor seat last year, Rebbie Mastriano campaigned alongside her husband…
Pennsylvania State Sen. Doug Mastriano Not Running for US Senate
DeSantis Vows to Consider Pardons for Jan. 6 Defendants, Trump ‘On Day One’ of Presidency
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has promised that, if elected president, he would be “aggressive” in issuing pardons to Jan. 6 defendants, potentially including former President Donald Trump. “On day one, I will have folks that will get together and look at all these cases, who people are, victims of weaponization or political targeting, and we…
‘He Has Only Begun to Fight’: DeSantis to Begin Presidential Campaign in 3 States
Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis will kick off his presidential campaign next week, following his Twitter candidacy announcement. DeSantis will deliver speeches and conduct fireside chats in three states—New Hampshire, Iowa, and South Carolina. The campaign will last for four days between May 30 and June 2, covering 12 cities and towns. The candidate will…
Biden Mocks DeSantis Over Glitchy Campaign Launch
As technical issues delayed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ long-awaited presidential campaign announcement on May 24, President Joe Biden did not miss out on the opportunity to ridicule one of the candidates jockeying for his job. “This link works,” Biden posted on his Twitter account, sharing a link to a donation page for his campaign as…
Presidential Candidate DeSantis Identifies China as America’s ‘Foremost Geopolitical Threat’
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said on May 24 that he would deal with China as the United States’ “foremost geopolitical threat” if he were elected as the 47th president of the United States. In an interview with Fox News not long after announcing his presidential candidacy on Twitter, DeSantis emphasized the need to recognize China…
DeSantis Raises $1 Million in First Hour of Presidential Candidacy
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis raised $1 million within one hour of formally announcing his presidential candidacy, according to his campaign. DeSantis announced his 2024 run for president on May 24 during a Twitter Spaces interview with the social media platform’s owner Elon Musk. But the interview was plagued by technical problems as Twitter’s web servers repeatedly…
DeSantis Explains Why He Chose Twitter to Announce 2024 Run
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis explained why he chose Twitter as the platform for the announcement of his presidential candidacy, saying that his approach to dealing with COVID-19 led him to make decisions based on data rather than following the crowd. His decision to use the tech platform, however, was not without hiccups. The Twitter Spaces…
DeSantis 2024 Launch on Twitter Rocked by Tech Issues
Competitors of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in the 2024 presidential election reveled in the technical difficulties that tarnished his official announcement using Twitter Spaces on May 24, just after his official entry into the presidential race, while the DeSantis campaign boasted about the “unprecedented” scale of the launch with Twitter CEO Elon Musk. DeSantis, who…
Trump Responds to DeSantis’s Campaign Launch: ‘There’s Only One Donald Trump’
As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was formally announcing his candidacy for president on Twitter on May 24, his top Republican rival for the job shared his own message to voters via social media: “There’s only one Donald Trump.” In two campaign ads shared to Trump’s Truth Social account, DeSantis is depicted as an ungrateful “Trump…
‘A Total Farce’: DeSantis Responds to NAACP Florida Travel Advisory
During his presidential announcement forum, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) travel advisory warning minorities not to come to Florida was “a total farce.” The NAACP claimed that Florida was undertaking “aggressive attempts to erase Black history and to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in…
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