He was a Washington outsider whose brash approach turned off many voters, and few national news outlets took his candidacy seriously.īut his populist message and the sheer number of other Republicans who ran for the nomination allowed Trump to gain a plurality of voters.
The billionaire stunned many politicos when he won the 2016 GOP nomination. He even landed a hit on Fox News' Sean Hannity ahead of Election Day.ĭeSantis would go on to serve three terms in the US House, representing Florida's 6th congressional district and becoming a founding member of the Freedom Caucus.įew predicted Trump would beat the numerous other Republicans who sought to be the 2016 nominee.īy 2016, Trump was the one who was running for office for the first time. Jeb Bush, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, and the National Rifle Association. Marco Rubio of Florida, former Florida Gov. Mike Lee of Utah, Club for Growth PAC, FreedomWorks, Florida CFO Jeff Atwater, Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County in Arizona (who would later get a pardon from Trump), and Erick Erickson from RedState.ĭuring the general election against Democrat Heather Beaven, he got the endorsements of Sen. Among them were Ambassador John Bolton, Sen. "Whether or not Trump comes out and officially endorses DeSantis in his race, DeSantis should consider this a feather in his political cap, since 'The Don' does not give out too many compliments like this," journalist Javier Manjarres wrote on the now-defunct conservative blog The Shark Tank.ĭeSantis appeared to understand early on in his political career that one way to get elected was to get more well-known people to support him, particularly in a seven-person primary.īy the time the primary election rolled around, DeSantis could count top Republicans and key groups in his corner. Now, as a Tea Party candidate, he was making his first run for office.ĭeSantis' resume as an Ivy League graduate and veteran caught Trump's attention.
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He even had to self-publish his own book, which wasn't a memoir but an attempted takedown of former President Barack Obama and the Affordable Care Act, his signature healthcare law.ĭeSantis had served as a federal prosecutor and gotten married at Disney World to Jacksonville TV host Casey DeSantis in 2009. The real estate mogul and reality TV star found himself paying attention to a 33-year-old candidate for the US Congress in Florida - his name was Ron DeSantis.Īt the time, DeSantis wasn't well known. The Trump-DeSantis relationship goes back about 11 years, before Trump even ran for president.
It often indicates a user profile.ĭeSantis wasn't well known in politics when he first ran for a US House seat. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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