This was to be his big moment. Ron DeSantis announced his candidacy for the 2024 US presidential election on Wednesday evening, in a video posted on his Twitter account. ” I’m a presidential candidate to lead America’s comeback said the 44-year-old, who will be the main rival of donald trump in the Republican Party primaries. Shortly after this expected formalization, the curator spoke with the owner of the social network Elon Musk, on his social network.
But the discussion was disrupted by several technical issues, prompting jeers from Joe Biden. Donald Trump also delivered an ironic message, calling the launch ” disaster “.
While Elon Musk shared the Twitter space link around 5:55 p.m. local time (11:55 p.m. in Paris), it was impossible to connect to it. “There are a huge number of people, the servers are saturated”, exclaimed the billionaire, as around 600,000 people tuned in. Then, once started, the conversation began…without Ron DeSantis, obviously late. And once present, the candidate began to speak without having plugged in his microphone.
“Technical issues. Awkward silences. A complete failure”, summarized a spokesperson for Donald Trump to AFP. Ron DeSantis will now organize meetings to promote his candidacy.
An ultra-conservative ideological position
Between the former American president (2016-2020) and the governor of Florida, the campaign promises to anchor itself to the right of the right. Ron DeSantis had outlined the content of his program in his memoirs published in early 2023 and made his stronghold the laboratory of his ideas.
It has thus applied a series of anti-immigration and anti-abortion measures. On April 13, he promulgated a law prohibiting abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, except in cases of ” serious risk for the health of the mother. He also distinguished himself by enacting a law against disney.
The US elections will take place in November 2024.
