On April 6, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made a two-stop foray into the battleground state of Michigan as he continues to evaluate a run for the GOP nomination for president in 2024.
DeSantis was the keynote speaker at a breakfast to raise money for the Midland County Republican Party.
That afternoon at Hillsdale College, he made two well-attended addresses before jetting home to Florida for the Easter weekend.
All of the day’s events drew large and friendly crowds but his breakfast appearance was greeted by a group of protesters.
A view of some of the demonstrators who turned out to protest a visit by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to Midland, Mich., on April 6, 2023. (Steven Kovac/Epoch Times)
About 50 demonstrators brandishing signs that read “I Am Proud to Be Woke” and shouting “Go Home, Fascist” played cat and mouse with local police as they tried to occupy the middle of a busy four-lane highway and attempted to block the driveway entrance to the banquet hall….