DeSantis Decries ‘Woke-Mind Virus’ in Speech to Ohio Republican Faithful

Plenty of applause, but audience keen on knowing if he is going to make a presidential run

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to a capacity crowd of 700 people at the Summit County Republican Party's Lincoln Day Breakfast on April 13, 2023. Janice Hisle/The Epoch Times

AKRON, Ohio—Almost 1,000 miles north of the Florida governor’s mansion he now calls home, Gov. Ron DeSantis is considered “a person that we can adopt here in Ohio as our own,” Bryan Williams, chair of the Summit County Republican Party, said.

As Williams introduced DeSantis as a guest speaker to a sold-out crowd of 700 people on April 13, he pointed out that the governor’s mother and wife both hail from the Buckeye State.