DeSantis tells Iowa: 'We're going to fight the mob that woke up.'
Florida Gov. Ron DeSandis is visiting Iowa to introduce himself to a Republican audience ahead of a possible 2024 presidential run. The Florida governor is a leading presidential contender who is seen as a rival to former President Donald Trump. (March 10)
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A passage in Gov. Ron DeSantis' new book about his upbringing and values is drawing attention, with some mocking it as a comfort to voters in two key Midwestern states.
“I grew up geographically in Tampa Bay,” DeSantis wrote. “But culturally my upbringing mirrored the working-class communities of western Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio—from weekly church attendance to the expectation that someone would win their vault. That made me a God-fearing, hard-working, and American-loving person.”
DeSantis' father is from Pennsylvania. His parents met while attending Youngstown State University in Ohio, according to NBC News.
NBC cited the quote in a recent article highlighting how Midwestern communities “have become hotbeds for the kinds of cultural grievances that DeSantis harbors.”
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DeSantis' critics are now seizing on the quote to mock the governor.
“I grew up geographically in Orlando with a cultural perspective that allows me to easily detect BS when I see it,” state Rep. Anna Escamani, D-Orlando, tweeted.
“Grown up geographically in Plurality-of-the-Caucuses, Iowa, but culturally my upbringing mirrored working-class communities in New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada,” tweeted Democratic Leader Max Steele, referring to other prominent early states for primaries. Calendar.
Rick Wilson, a former Republican consultant turned outspoken Trump critic, tweeted: “I grew up geographically in Tampa Bay, but culturally my upbringing mirrored the royal court at Versailles, complete with fancy wigs, elegant speech and utter disregard for the necessary class oppression. to maintain it”.
