America. Media: Ron DeSantis is running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024

Ron DeSantis’ candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination will be officially announced on Twitter on Wednesday evening, according to Reuters. Earlier, DeSantis’ staff had filed a petition with the Central Election Commission regarding his candidacy.

During the broadcast, Elon Musk is scheduled to participate in the discussion. The Twitter owner confirmed his appearance at a conference organized by The Wall Street Journal, but insisted he was not endorsing DeSantis.

Based on the polls, electoral infrastructure and funding available to DeSantis, he is considered one of the best politicians in the race early in his campaign.

Trump’s campaign staff, aware of the Florida governor’s strong position, have spent months investing in political ads to discredit him. The former president himself attacks DeSantis; Hours before the official announcement of his political plans, he wrote to the Florida governor that he “desperately needs a personality transplant.” However, the governor is popular in Florida, but Republican voters in other states don’t know him well, and political analysts point out that he lacks the charisma and ability to project himself well in the media. .

DeSantis studied at Yale and Harvard universities, is a lawyer by training, and has served as a lawyer in the U.S. Navy, including at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay.

The AP spotlights the rapid career of a politician who, after a resounding second-term gubernatorial election, went from a little-known congressman to a prominent figure on the Republican Party’s right.

As governor of Florida, DeSantis pursued a divisive policy centered on the culture war, including signing a ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, British “The Guardian” pointed out.

In March, the governor told Tucker Carlson on Fox News that continued involvement in Russia’s “territorial problem” with Ukraine was not in America’s best interest.