Gov. Ron DeSantis may not call himself a citizen of the world, but he is embracing geographical intersectionality.
In an interview with the London Telegraph, the Florida Governor describes England as a “second home.”
“If you are an American and you really believe and appreciate America’s core values, it doesn’t matter your ethnicity, when you come here, it’s like a second home,” DeSantis said Friday.
“Because of the shared values, I feel like this is home. I feel almost like I’m in an American city because we have such a commonality of culture,” DeSantis added.
This is the latest attempt by DeSantis, born and raised in Florida, to connect to places where he happens to be speaking.
At the Utah Republican Convention last Saturday, the Florida Governor contended that his state is the “Utah of the Southeast.”
DeSantis added that he “was recently visiting with some folks in Iowa and people said, you know, Iowa, they’re really the Florida of the Midwest with all the conservative stuff they’re doing. Well, let me just tell you maybe it’s a little secret, but it might just be that Florida is the Utah of the Southeast.”
This continued a theme of idiosyncratic DeSantis asides.
In the Granite State addressing the New Hampshire GOP at the Amos Tuck Dinner, the Governor suggested Floridians were not proud of the state before he arrived on the political scene.
“I was born and raised in Florida, and it’s only been recently that we’ve developed a sense of state pride ourselves,” DeSantis said. “We’re proud to have stood up for freedom in the last few years when it wasn’t easy. We did it our own way and I’m proud of that.
“But I must admit we draw inspiration from the people here in New Hampshire,” DeSantis continued. “Because more than any other state, you don’t mince words when it comes to your stand on liberty. You say it very clearly: Live Free or Die.”
Continuing the theme, DeSantis told an Ohio crowd he was one of them.
The Governor, addressing the Butler County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner, said he represents so-called “Ohio values.”
“I can stand here representing Ohio values because the two most important women in my life (are from Ohio),” DeSantis said. “My mother is from Youngstown, and my wife is from Troy, and so my family reflects your family.”
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