DeSantis Tours Florida Touting New Book, Calls for Courage of Politicians and Citizens

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to police officers about protecting law and order at Prive catering hall in the Staten Island borough of New York on Feb. 20, 2023. Spencer Platt/ Getty Images

THE VILLAGES, Fla.—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis launched a tour to promote his newly published book with a series of speeches around the state on Feb. 28—a tour that lets him campaign for a presidency he hasn’t officially declared he’s seeking.

He began the day in Venice, on the state’s Gulf Coast, touting “The Courage to be Free: Florida’s Blueprint for America’s Revival.”