Gov. RonDeSantis touted his record as an anti-woke governor and dinged first son Hunter Biden during his first in-person event as a presidential candidate in Iowa. 'If Hunter were Republican, he would have been in jail years ago.'
"It is great for me to report that our 'Great American Comeback' starts by sending Joe Biden back to his basement in Delaware," DeSantis told the Clive crowd Tuesday.DeSantis, who declared his candidacy for the 2024 Republican nomination last week, delivered a red-meat address covering abortion access to China, receiving multiple standing ovations for his opposition to so-called indoctrination instead of education in Florida's schools.
"Two different sets of rules, depending on whether you're a member in good standing of elite society or not," he said."If Hunter [Biden] were Republican, he would have been in jail years ago." DeSantis has created interest in Iowa, reflected by the parking lot for his launch event being full more than an hour before it was set to start. Extra parking spaces were spray-painted on an adjacent field, undercutting the campaign's reputation for disorganization, though an aide later confirmed that was done by Eternity Church, the governor's host. Roughly 1,000 people were estimated to be in the auditorium, with two overflow rooms nearby.
"Here he is to kick off his campaign, his first stop as a candidate for the president, president of the United States of America," Reynolds said to delayed claps.
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