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Two-hour showdown between GOP Presidential candidates seeking to challenge front-running Donald Trump featured little substance, but lots of snappy exchanges.
Taking on Trump in the primaries is a ’suicide mission,' according to Broward County State GOP Committeeman Richard DeNapoli.
Appearing back-to-back, both candidates handled themselves well, made strong policy statements, and leveled withering criticism at President Donald Trump.
More than 20 speakers will address Republican voters over the course the day on topics ranging from the ongoing war in Israel to financial freedom.
“We must have adequate hard power to deny China’s ambitions,” Mr. DeSantis said.
Gov. DeSantis doubles down on his pro-Israel stance by assisting in clearing federal bureaucratic hurdles over gun and ammunition exports.
So far, 4 flights have evacuated stranded citizens and two cargo planes have delivered 85 pallets of supplies.
‘When I’m president, if you’re a foreigner here ... and you’re making common cause with Hamas, I’m canceling your visa.’
‘I am proud of how quickly we have been able to activate resources and do what the federal government could not.’
‘It’s important that we say, as Americans and as Floridians, we stand with the people of Israel, and we stand with the state of Israel,’ he says.
‘California really represents the petri dish for leftism in America,’ he said.
Florida won’t pay scholarship funds to four private schools owned by firm now banned by state law.
“I think a lot of times, it’s just the path of least resistance,” he says of the GOP’s track record of not attacking the left.
‘These mothers need our support,’ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said. ‘They need our comfort, and we need to have government and organizations working.’
A Miami restaurant has settled out of court to pay a $10,000 fine to the state government for exposing children to ’sexualized entertainment’
Mr. DeSantis did not rule out commutation or pardon, saying there was a need to look at the cases and ensure that “a single standard of justice” was being met.
The Gov. Ron DeSantis’s campaign said he would turn his attention back to his fight for the White House this week.
