Iowa could be particularly crucial for DeSantis, who is expected to jump into the 2024 White House race later in the spring. The state will hold the first Republican nominating contest early next year, and a win there would show DeSantis is a viable candidate against Trump.
The former president, who is campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination, is highly popular in the state and holds a large organizational advantage due to his two previous presidential campaigns.
Addressing a welcoming crowd at a casino in Davenport, Iowa, DeSantis boasted about his policy record in Florida and blasted the Democratic Biden administration on issues such as crime and immigration.
In Florida, “we get things done and in the process, we beat the left day after day, week after week, month after month,” he said.
And as he often does in remarks, he assailed what he called a radical leftist ideology in education, medicine and business.
“We will never…
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