DeSantis Maps Out How He'll Beat Trump and Then Biden

DeSantis Maps Out How He'll Beat Trump and Then Biden
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to a crowd at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, S.C., on April 19, 2023. Sean Rayford/Getty Images
Dan M. Berger
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he can win the Republican presidential nomination over Donald Trump because he’s broadly acceptable to Republicans. He says he will then beat Joe Biden in the general election because he has the proven strength to appeal to independents.

“I won 97 percent of Republicans in my reelection,” DeSantis said in a phone-in press conference with select news organizations, including The Epoch Times, on May 24, a few hours after declaring his candidacy on Twitter.