{"id":4176,"date":"2023-07-12T02:34:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T02:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=4176"},"modified":"2023-07-12T03:01:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T03:01:13","slug":"ron-desantis-opens-up-on-why-wisconsinites-should-vote-for-him-discusses-trump-rfk-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=4176","title":{"rendered":"Ron DeSantis Opens Up on Why Wisconsinites Should Vote for Him; Discusses Trump &amp; RFK Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/ron-desantis-podcast\/\">https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/ron-desantis-podcast\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/florida-gov-ron-desantis-joins-u.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ron DeSantis Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ron DeSantis podcast\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cThere\u2019s two candidates that can win the nomination; <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Trump?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> and me. And I would say that I\u2019m the only one that can win both the nomination and the general election,\u201d <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DeSantis?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeSantis<\/a><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"><strong> said tonight on the WRN podcast<\/strong> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis argued that he would be a better president than Donald Trump on spending, personnel, and because he could serve a second term, providing consistency.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on the Wisconsin Right Now podcast, DeSantis ruled out being Trump\u2019s running mate and ruled out Robert F. Kennedy Jr. being his, said that he believes he\u2019s the only GOP candidate who can win the primary AND the general election, and accused the media of creating a false narrative that his campaign is stumbling out of the gate because they fear him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n\">\n<div id=\"id__nlq1nt827vi\" class=\"css-901oao r-1nao33i r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-rjixqe r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cI am going to support the <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Republican?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republican<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> nominee,\u201d <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DeSantis?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeSantis<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> said when asked if he would support <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Trump?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> if Trump is the nominee. On RFK Jr., DeSantis said he would pick a conservative running mate if he\u2019s the nominee, and RFK Jr. is a Democrat on the \u201cbulk\u201d of issues. But he said there are places where he and RFK Jr. align, such as opposition to Dr. Fauci.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\">\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">We asked\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DeSantis?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeSantis<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> whether he would ever be willing to be Donald <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Trump?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u2018s running mate. He said: \u201cI don\u2019t think so. I don\u2019t think I\u2019m a number two guy. I think I\u2019m a leader, governor of Florida, I\u2019ve accomplished a lot. I think I could do more staying there than being VP, which doesn\u2019t really have any authority.\u201d We asked him to name two people he might pick as his running mate if he\u2019s the nominee, and he declined to say, asking WRN who we think he should pick.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Florida Gov Ron DeSantis Joins Us!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZTIavD03KCk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>DeSantis appeared on the podcast of Wisconsin Right Now, the state\u2019s most popular conservative news site outside talk radio, on July 11. WRN has also extended an invite to Trump to come on the podcast and have the same opportunity, but we haven\u2019t heard back yet. WRN is staying neutral in the GOP primary for president, at least for now.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis also said that Trump should acknowledge he did not get COVID right because he empowered Dr. Fauci. According to DeSantis, on the issue of picking the right personnel, he said he picked a surgeon general in Florida who was the \u201canti-Fauci,\u201d and fought against mask and vaccine mandates and to keep kids in schools. He also said that Trump appointed a \u201cwoke general\u201d (Mark Milley). DeSantis promised to refocus the military, which he said has been politicized and subjected to woke ideology.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">We asked <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DeSantis?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeSantis<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> if he would pardon <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Trump?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> if Trump is convicted and he\u2019s president. He said, \u201cWe are going to end weaponization of government, and as part of that we are going to be issuing pardons.\u201d He said there will be a process for people to apply, and people who were treated unfairly as part of a \u201ctwo-tiered justice system\u201d would be looked at favorably for pardons. He noted that <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Trump?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> maintains his innocence so he thinks it\u2019s \u201cpresumptuous to presume under that situation that he would be convicted.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We asked DeSantis to specify the ways he differs on policy questions from Trump. He said:<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n\">\n<ul>\n<li id=\"id__dx40xa27pyk\" class=\"css-901oao r-1nao33i r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-rjixqe r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cI can serve two terms,\u201d DeSantis responded. <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">He said President Joe <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Biden?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> reversed almost all of the good things Trump did on day one except the courts and tax bill.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"css-901oao r-1nao33i r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-rjixqe r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DeSantis?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeSantis<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> said on the WRN podcast that Milley, the \u201cwoke general,\u201d was appointed by Donald <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Trump?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump.<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> \u201cYou will see much better personnel selections with me as president,\u201d DeSantis said.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"css-901oao r-1nao33i r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-rjixqe r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DeSantis?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeSantis<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> said on the WRN podcast that he differs from President <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Trump?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> in his response to COVID, saying, \u201cHe turned the country over to Dr. Fauci; I think that was a big mistake.\u201d <\/span><\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DeSantis?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeSantis<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> said on the WRN podcast, \u201cI would have fired Fauci because I think Fauci did huge damage to this country.\u201d <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">DeSantis said <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Trump?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> still says he did everything right, but DeSantis believes the Covid response was a \u201cdisaster\u201d because kids were locked down and businesses destroyed, among other issues.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n\">\n<div id=\"id__600vd1tiv6h\" class=\"css-901oao r-1nao33i r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-rjixqe r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DeSantis?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeSantis<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> said on the WRN podcast that he differs from <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Trump?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> on spending. Trump signed \u201cevery bloated spending bill that the swamp put on his desk,\u201d he said. <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">He said he vetoed excessive spending in <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Florida?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida.<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>DeSantis also pledged to take the fight to the drug cartels at the U.S.\/Mexican border with lethal force by the border patrol and military if necessary, to finish Trump\u2019s border wall on \u201cday one,\u201d to declare a national emergency at the border on day one and to oppose birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cI would do the wall better,\u201d <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DeSantis?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeSantis<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> said on the WRN podcast. \u201cCartels cut through it. They\u2019re literally bringing product into our country right through the wall.\u201d He said he would use drones and censors and the military or <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/border?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">border<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> patrol would engage the cartels with \u201clethal force\u201d if they see that occurring.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Asked a question from a conservative youth (Jenna Piwowarczyk, a Young America\u2019s Foundation chapter leader) about younger generations erroneously thinking communism and socialism are utopias, <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DeSantis?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeSantis<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> said that in Florida every year schools are required on Nov. 10 to teach kids about the evils of Communism, Socialism and Leninism. In other states, the education system has ignored the evils and victims of Communism, he said on the WRN podcast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He criticized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/transgender-treatments-of-minors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transgender surgeries<\/a>, puberty blockers, and hormones for minors, saying parents are being lied to that their children will commit suicide with them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1s2bzr4\">\n<div id=\"id__su7artru9of\" class=\"css-901oao r-1nao33i r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-16dba41 r-135wba7 r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DeSantis?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeSantis<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> said \u201csterilizing kids, mutilating kids\u201d with irreversible procedures and \u201cpumping them with experimental chemicals\u201d as gender dysphoria <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/transgender?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transgender<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> treatments \u201cis wrong.\u201d He said some physicians are making a fortune and are scaring parents. He said it\u2019s a \u201clie\u201d when doctors tell parents their kid will commit suicide without these procedures. He said the procedures should be criminal (for minors) and noted he did that in <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Florida?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida.<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>DeSantis said in the podcast that he believes the U.S. government should use its leverage to bring sustained peace to Ukraine and Russia, criticizing what he called Biden\u2019s \u201cblank check\u201d that is depleting the Unites States\u2019 weapons reserves from other countries that could use them, like Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>We asked DeSantis if he supported impeaching Attorney General Merrick Garland and President Biden. <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">With an \u201chonest <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FBI?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> and federal agencies,\u201d <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Biden?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> and his family would be \u201cdone 10 ways from Sunday\u201d because of the amount of money \u201cflowing into their coffers,\u201d <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DeSantis?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeSantis<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> said on the WRN podcast. He said it\u2019s \u201cjust unbelievable\u201d nothing has happened, calling it a \u201cfarce.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n\">\n<div id=\"id__8c18tilgwea\" class=\"css-901oao r-1nao33i r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-rjixqe r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cI\u2019ve endorsed what they\u2019re doing to move forward with Garland,\u201d <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DeSantis?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeSantis<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> said when asked if <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Biden?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> and Garland should be impeached.<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> As for <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Biden?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">, he said he picked Kamala Harris as a reason, calling her \u201cimpeachment insurance.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">DeSantis said he has huge support in the early states, adding \u201cYou\u2019ve got to build this.\u201d Of polls showing Trump ahead by a large margin, he said \u201cThis is a state-by-state process. There\u2019s not a national primary.\u201d <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-18u37iz r-1h0z5md\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-18u37iz r-1h0z5md\">As for media articles arguing his campaign has gotten off to a sluggish start, DeSantis said, \u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">They go after the person that they fear, and that\u2019s what they\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n\">\n<div id=\"id__b4ggt50uy2l\" class=\"css-901oao r-1nao33i r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-rjixqe r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">DeSantis said he won 62% of Hispanic voters in <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Florida?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">, a record after the media said Hispanic voters would desert him after he sent illegal immigrants to Martha\u2019s Vineyard. He said the media are always falsely counting him out.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1s2bzr4\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"id__pigyn712qmg\" class=\"css-901oao r-1nao33i r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-16dba41 r-135wba7 r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DeSantis?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeSantis<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> said the media \u201care trying to create a narrative\u201d that his campaign is stumbling \u201cbecause they don\u2019t want me to be the nominee.\u201d He said that\u2019s because \u201cthey know I\u2019d beat <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Biden?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> handily.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\">https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/ZTIavD03KCk<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-18u37iz r-1h0z5md\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/ron-desantis-podcast\/ \u201cThere\u2019s two candidates that can win the nomination; Trump&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":4178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wi-right-now"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4176"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4179,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4176\/revisions\/4179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}