ANALYSIS: Is Florida’s DeSantis Campaigning By Not Campaigning?

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis didn’t make news at his press conference at an Ocala appliance store on Feb. 8.
The Republican spoke about tax breaks in his proposed state budget now before the legislature. He’s mentioned all these publicly before, some two or three times: sales-tax exemptions on a wide variety of baby and child-related items, on gas stoves, a toll rebate for commuters, and more.
So why did he have a news conference?
DeSantis, having a bully pulpit as governor of the nation’s third-largest state, is using it.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis launches a signed cap with his reelection campaign logo into the crowd as he arrives on stage to speak at the Student Action Summit in Tampa, Fla., on July 22, 2022. (Natasha Holt/The Epoch Times)
He makes news nearly every day. He’s held such press conferences all around the state, from Milton in the Florida Panhandle to Miami in South Florida and Fort Myers in Southwest Florida, and from Jacksonville to Tampa to Daytona Beach Shores to Ocala….}