“Greetings from the Sunshine State, the freedom state, and the state that has done more than any other state to stand up to Joe Biden,” DeSantis said. It also gave DeSantis, the event’s headliner and a potential candidate for president in 2024, a platform from which he spent roughly 20 minutes praising his tenure and achievements in Florida before touting Laxalt’s bid. Ron DeSantis.ĭubbed the “Rise Up” rally, Wednesday’s event took clear aim at the culture war, rousing the crowd of more than 1,000 people with not only attacks on Democratic economic, energy and immigration policies, but also “woke” culture and the “radical left.” In a packed Las Vegas honky-tonk club - and with just a month remaining before early voting begins - Republican Senate hopeful Adam Laxalt sought a campaign boost from the GOP’s fastest rising star and an old naval officer training roommate: Florida Gov.
