PORTRAIT – Brilliantly re-elected, the governor of Florida is, at 44, a man in a hurry, who would see himself well in the White House.
Correspondent in New York,
Ron DeSantis is a busy man. Much more in a hurry than the other Republican city councilors campaigning on Tuesday during the midterm elections (“midterms”). The outgoing governor of Florida was re-elected with a margin of almost twenty points (59.4% of the vote) which would make his co-religionists green with envy, entangled in ballots much tighter than expected. By crushing his Democratic opponent, Charlie Crist, he sends a double message to the GOP (Grand Old Party, Republican): this “red wave” not found in the rest of the country, has swept through Florida. And if anyone doubts the touchy leadership of Donald Trump, after the failure of several of his proteges, perhaps they should take a look at the “brand” DeSantis. A brand now one of the New York Post. Wednesday morning, the New York tabloid headlined “DeFuture”celebrating the “new GOP star savoring Florida victory”.
During the early stages of the campaign, the 44-year-old candidate…
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