# Ron DeSantis 2024 (Campaign suspended on January 21, 2024) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 12, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592 "2020-04-12T00:26:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/41 "2022-01-07T20:23:01Z")
Idjit. > **[Floridians Furious as DeSantis Confirms 1M COVID Tests Expired in Warehouse](https://www.newsweek.com/florida-desantis-covid-tests-expired-warehouse-stockpile-floridians-outraged-1666760)** > > "We had between 800,000 and a million Abbott test kits in our warehouse that did expire," a top state official said Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/42 "2022-01-07T20:30:47Z")
Those were the test kits that his office denied existed last week, correct? So they went from not existing to expiring because no one wanted the things that didn’t exist. Or something. Got it. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/43 "2022-01-07T22:13:20Z")
If Trump is around then Trump is running and DeSantis will stand back. If Trump isn’t around - e.g., because he’s in jail, has fled to another country, or is too busy running from trial to trial on his way to jail - then the Republicans aren’t going to win that year. He’ll have dragged them down. In that latter case, maybe DeSantis runs just to get the practice. But my expectation would be that the party would try to run someone bland who tries too hard to straddle keeping Trump supporters with those who want to disavow Trump and fails in the doing. You’ll forget their name within a few months of the election. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/44 "2022-01-08T06:40:29Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > You’ll forget their name within a few months of the election. Not when they spend the subsequent 4 years bawling and caterwauling about how the election was rigged, fraudulent, and stolen from them. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/45 "2022-01-09T13:21:45Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > But my expectation would be that the party would try to run someone bland who tries too hard to straddle keeping Trump supporters with those who want to disavow Trump and fails in the doing. You’ll forget their name within a few months of the election. Well, they tried bland against Trump when he ran the first time (brother Bush, et. al.). The Primary voters went for circus instead. So, circus seems to be the winning strategy on the GOP side, for the big prize, at least. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/46 "2022-01-14T14:56:47Z")
Even when he’s right about something - people _should_ be fully vaccinated - Trump can’t help but go on the attack, especially against anyone with the effrontery to consider running against him in 2024. > **[Trump calls politicians who refuse to say they received Covid boosters 'gutless'](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-calls-politicians-who-refuse-say-they-received-covid-boosters-n1287342)** > > His remarks appeared partly aimed at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, who has so far refused to directly answer questions about whether he has had a booster shot. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/47 "2022-01-14T17:19:39Z")
I approve of this political attack ~Max ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/48 "2022-01-18T15:02:47Z")
Blame Mitch? Well… why not? > **[Trump's advisers point the finger at McConnell as reports of DeSantis feud swirl](https://www.aol.com/news/trumps-advisers-point-finger-mcconnell-021300142.html)** > > While DeSantis’ refusal to publicly rule out running against him for president has irked Trump for months, some see the Florida governor caught in the crossfire of a different fight. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/49 "2022-01-19T00:21:57Z")
Your missing option number three, in which Trump’s lifestyle gets the better of him and he succumbs to BigMac toxicity, becoming an instant martyr to the cause. In that scenario, I think DeSantis has a chance. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/50 "2022-01-19T02:25:05Z")
Who would he choose as running mate? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/51 "2022-01-19T04:47:44Z")
His wife is fighting breast cancer and they have three small children under the age of 5. I doubt whether he’s going to want to actually run in 2024, that’s a lot of stress for a family. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/52 "2022-01-19T05:05:24Z")
I almost forgot that we had this thread; here’s some news: > **[Florida could shield whites from 'discomfort' of racist past](https://apnews.com/article/business-florida-lawsuits-ron-desantis-racial-injustice-3ec10492b7421543315acf4491813c1b)** > > TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A bill pushed by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that would prohibit public schools and private businesses from making white people feel “discomfort” when they teach students or train employees about discrimination in... ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/53 "2022-01-19T19:45:30Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > His wife is fighting breast cancer and they have three small children under the age of 5. I doubt whether he’s going to want to actually run in 2024, that’s a lot of stress for a family. I realize that I’m just a random avatar, and even I appreciate that this is speculation, but I was talking today with a woman who lives down the street from, and walks her dog with, DeSantis’ father. She claims that Ron is not going to run. Of course, I told her I bet $100 that she’s wrong. He is looking at a nasty fight with Trump, though, if he does. > **[DeSantis viewed as target of recent Trump remark about ‘gutless’ politicians...](https://www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/desantis-viewed-as-target-of-trump-remark-about-gutless-politicians-not-admitting-to-receiving-booster-shots-01642031351)** > > Trump in interview on the conservative cable channel OAN: 'You gotta say it. Whether you had it or not, say it.' ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/54 "2022-01-20T16:53:52Z")
He is only 43 years old, so he has many many chances ahead of himself. Yes, he would benefit in 2024 by being recently at the top of the news. But I think he could position himself as VP for the next GOP winner (however that works out). And then lead into a White House run in 12 - 16 - 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/55 "2022-01-20T16:57:46Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > But I think he could position himself as VP for the next GOP winner (however that works out). Unless it’s Trump. They are both officially Floridians, so they can’t be on the same ballot. Of course, it is entirely possible that DeSantis hides his time. But, I think the GOP sees Biden as a weak incumbent, and DeSantis has been wading into national political issues, which I interpret as an attempt to become a player at the National (instead of Statewide) level. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/56 "2022-01-20T18:18:52Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > > [@Icarus](#): > > > > But I think he could position himself as VP for the next GOP winner (however that works out). > > Unless it’s Trump. They are both officially Floridians, so they can’t be on the same ballot. They can, but Floridians can’t vote for both. So VP nominee DeSantis might not be elected, while President Trump is: [Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution) ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/57 "2022-01-20T19:36:45Z")
It’s generally a simple thing for a candidate to change their residence for electoral purposes – Dick Cheney had to do so when Bush picked him as his VP in 2000. So Trump could just switch his residence back to New York or to some red state that would be glad to have him. Of course, Trump being Trump, he’d probably make DeSantis change his, which could be awkward for the incumbent governor of Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/58 "2022-01-20T22:32:11Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > He is looking at a nasty fight with Trump, though, if he does. Yep. > **[Another poll shows Trump blocking Florida Gov. DeSantis’ path to the White House](https://www.cltampa.com/news/another-poll-shows-trump-blocking-florida-gov-desantis-path-to-the-white-house-12736181)** > > Is 45 standing in America's Governor's way? Polls say yes. I believe that’s nationwide, not just Florida. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/59 "2022-01-21T05:00:33Z")
America’s Governor my ass. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/60 "2022-01-21T20:52:24Z")
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