Florida Gov Ron DeSantis addresses possible 2028 White House run
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis did not rule out the possibility of running for president a second time and touched on whether he would run for the White House in 2028. “Hang out with Sean Hannity.”
“We’ll see,” he said. “I think in ’24, like in Iowa, the people who voted for Trump, if he wasn’t the nominee, I’d have about 90% of those people.”
DeSantis argued that if President Donald Trump had not run for president in 2024, he would have received the votes of Trump’s MAGA base.
“They were conservative voters, right? They didn’t want non-conservatives, they wanted me,” the governor said. “Obviously the timing didn’t work out for this.”
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ran for president in 2024 but was defeated by President Trump and Nikki Haley. (Octavio Jones/Getty Images)
“You have to see what happens,” he added.
DeSantis’ term as governor ends in January 2027, leaving a one-year window to enter the 2028 presidential election; It’s a race with high-profile expected names that could include Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
DeSantis dropped out of the 2024 presidential race despite receiving second-place support in the Iowa caucuses. The Florida governor finished third in the Republican primary behind Trump and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley.
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DeSantis also discussed personal matters beyond politics, detailing his wife’s battle with breast cancer.
Florida’s First Lady Casey DeSantis was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021 and was declared cancer-free in 2022.
Florida’s First Family Ron and Casey DeSantis speak to Fox News in December 2023. (FOX News/Story)
“He wanted to get the scan… So I said to him, ‘Okay listen, I think you’re OK, I think you’re worrying for nothing, but let’s set it up and get it done’.”
DeSantis said he took the call after his wife said “you have to accept this.”
“The doctor said, ‘Listen, she’s not going to die. We’ll be able to treat it, but there’s a positive outcome in terms of breast cancer,'” DeSantis said.
Check out DeSantis’ full conversation with Sean Hannity on YouTube or select Spotify.
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