Although Gov. Ron DeSantis hasn't said that he is running for president, Florida GOP leaders said they are open to reforming a Florida law requiring the governor to resign his position if he ran for president.
Current Florida law requires state or local officials seeking federal office to resign at least 10 days before qualifying for the federal position if the two terms would overlap.
"When you think about it, if an individual who is from Florida — who is a Florida governor — is running for president, I think he should be allowed to do it," Passidomo said."I mean, that's an honor and a privilege."DeSantis has not said whether he will serve a full second term amid widespread speculation about his 2024 plans.
This month, the governor won his reelection bid by a nearly 20-point margin against his Democratic opponent, Charlie Crist. The speculation has been growing since the election, especially after DeSantis handily led Republican wins statewide by wide margins and conservative media, like the New York Post, called him"DeFuture" in a post-election front page headline.
On the other hand, Trump made his 2024 plans public at his Palm Beach Mar-a-Lago estate last week. That followed Trump's public attacks against DeSantis on his Truth Social social media platform in which he called the governor"average” and claimed DeSantis only won the election in 2018 because of Trump's endorsement.
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