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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate, plans to appear at a private event north of Indianapolis next month, according to the Hamilton County Republican Party.
The July 12 event will be hosted by Rep. Chris Jeter, R-Fishers, whose district includes portions of Hamilton, Hancock, Madison and Marion counties, and Bob Grand, an Indianapolis attorney and prominent GOP donor.
Tickets to the luncheon event start at $1,000 per person. The event location was not disclosed.
The visit is believed to be DeSantis’ first trip to Indiana since announcing his presidential run last month. DeSantis delivered a pre-recorded video message at the National Rifle Association convention in Indianapolis in April.
“We’re concerned about the politicization of our economy, and the management of so-called ESG funds as threatening implications for Second Amendment rights,” his message read, referring to environmental, social, governance investing.
While popular in his home state, DeSantis has struggled to narrow the favorability gap between himself and former president Donald Trump, the current frontrunner for the 2024 GOP nomination. Trump is leading in the polls with 52%, followed by DeSantis at 21% and former vice president and Indiana governor Mike Pence at 6%, according to FiveThirtyEight’s popular polling averages.
In Florida, DeSantis and the Republican-controlled legislature have passed a slew of controversial measures, including a ban on abortions after six weeks, restrictions on gender transition care and concealed permitless carry legislation.
A law he signed last year forbidding classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity—referred to by critics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill—prompted public rebuke from the Walt Disney Co.
In response, Florida lawmakers passed and DeSantis signed a bill giving state government control of the board that oversees development at Disney World.
The company is now suing DeSantis, claiming the Republican presidential hopeful waged a “targeted campaign of government retaliation.”
On Monday, DeSantis asked a federal court to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that he and the secretary of Florida’s Department of Economic Opportunity are “immune” from legal liability.
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DeSantis is a great American, and would make a fine President!
Somebody drank the Kool-Aid..
He is not and would not.
If you like authoritarians.
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The people of FL sure like him. They re-elected him by a commanding lead. FL is the second largest state in the country. They feel he has been an effective governor. He leads Biden in the polls.
Florida can keep him!!!
The Republican Party needs a better system for screening candidates for elected office positions .
LOL – a system like the dims have in place with Old Whitey keeping folks on the plantation?
Ditto to the Dems
No gun control efforts, maximum abortion restrictions, climate change left for others to address/solve, attack the biggest employer in the state of Florida, shaming and hurting transgender folks, DeSantis is out of step with most Americans. And will find his extreme views do not sit well in ruby red Indiana.
We need someone that will want to kill more babies, focus on 1% of population, waste more money on “climate warming” instead of reducing global pollution and who will socialize business into the ground like a dictator.
Oh wait we have Barak Biden already.
The only ones that DeSantis is out of step with are young DEMwitts.
DeSantis isn’t shaming anyone and there was NEVER a Don’t say gay bull.
Just more nonsense from our leftwing shreikerss.
Stay home, loser.
😆 big Dummy
Trump needs to get out of this man’s way!
The battle against Disney is ridiculous. So, private companies have the right to provide as much money as possible for donations to political campaigns but have no right to state opinions. Furthermore, using the governor office as a base for vindictive vendettas is undesirable at best.
Come and go. He certainly has the right, as all candidates, to campaign. Upon departure, many bid good riddance.
And some individuals need to read the definitions for socialism, communism, and fascism. And be forewarned, those who expect and enjoy Social Security benefits, embrace the concept of redistribution of tax revenues, and support public funding of schools, parks and roadways — is this socialism?
Derek C.
Leftists think that we can develop a Scandinavian Socialist paradise
here in the U.S.
Leftists forget that these countries depend on the U.S. for so much
that they don’t have to pay for. Therefore these Scandinavian countries
can spend more on social welfare programs.
These Scandinavian countries also tax the hell out of their people to pay for
these programs.
Last, these same Scandinavian countries are also embracing capitalism more than ever. Recognizing that competition and innovation are key to developing
economically to pay for their programs,
Even most moderate Republicans in Indiana don’t believe in this bad piece if theatre. IBj aside.