Will Casey DeSantis run for Governor or not?
That’s the question as Sine Die approaches.
But the current Governor isn’t exactly saying he wants her to run.
During an exclusive interview Tuesday on Rep. Byron Donalds’ home turf in Naples with WINK, Gov. Ron DeSantis was asked if he “as a husband” wanted the First Lady to run to succeed him.
Typical of the coyness with which the DeSantis family has handled questions about Casey’s potential candidacy, the Governor offered familiar lines about how Casey is worried that the state could pivot left if the right person isn’t Governor.
“I want the state to do well. The state’s gone really red, but I think it can turn around very, very quickly. This is the biggest super majority in the Florida House of Representatives that we’ve ever had in the history of the party, and yet they’re basically at war with the voters that sent them there. How does that happen?”
Gov. DeSantis added that there “should be cause for concern about how sustainable the success and the momentum is, because there’s a lot of people in that Tallahassee swamp that want to roll it back. And I think that she’s concerned about that just as I am and just as many other people are concerned about it.”
The Governor had previously told people to “stay tuned” until the end of the Legislative Session, which is now less than a week away, if it ends on time.
Reports are that the DeSantises continue to try to get President Donald Trump to hedge his endorsement of Donalds, but thus far, nothing like that has happened.
Between that and the Hope Florida controversy, which Gov. DeSantis and his allies have not managed to sidestep as easily as questions about the First Lady’s potential campaign, the political landscape could provide rough terrain for the engine driving a DeSantis dynasty in the Governor’s Mansion.
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