{"id":1754419,"date":"2022-11-29T08:57:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T13:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1754419"},"modified":"2022-11-29T08:57:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T13:57:31","slug":"fox-news-democrat-analyst-juan-williams-names-desantis-2022s-top-u-s-political-player-he-scares-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-democrat-analyst-juan-williams-names-desantis-2022s-top-u-s-political-player-he-scares-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox News Democrat Analyst Juan Williams Names DeSantis 2022\u2019s Top U.S. Political Player: \u2018He Scares Me\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffox-news-democrat-analyst-juan-williams-names-desantis-2022s-top-u-s-political-player-he-scares-me%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1754419&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Fox News Democrat political analyst Juan Williams named Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) as America\u2019s most influential political player in 2022 despite being terrified of him.<\/p>\n<p>Williams highlighted DeSantis\u2019 \u201cenormous\u201d impact this year, ranging from dominating the culture war in Florida, to getting the Republican Party more seats in the U.S. House of Representatives by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/04\/20\/us\/politics\/florida-redistricting-maps-desantis.html\">redrawing<\/a> Florida\u2019s congressional districts himself, to turning the state of Florida from a purple state to a deep red state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is not my cup of tea. In fact, he scares me,\u201d Williams <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/3750868-juan-williams-desantis-is-2022s-most-important-politician-unfortunately\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> in an op-ed for The Hill. \u201cBut it is time for me to hand out my year-end award for the top political player in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one politician who stands out at year\u2019s end is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R),\u201d Williams said. \u201cHis commanding 19-point reelection victory, as well as his success in attracting mega-donors like Ken Griffin, Steve Ross, and Steve Schwarzman ahead of a possible 2024 presidential campaign, make him the past year\u2019s big GOP winner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As noted by Williams, DeSantis has received backing from major GOP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/top-gop-megadonor-indicates-war-on-woke-ideology-in-schools-backs-desantis-for-president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">megadonors<\/a> in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter CEO Elon Musk said Friday that he would support DeSantis for president in 2024 should DeSantis decide to run.<\/p>\n<p>Musk made the remarks on his social media platform in response to a tweet about how the political Left erupted in anger at him letting former President Donald Trump back on the platform after he was banned in January 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m fine with Trump not tweeting,\u201d Musk\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1596275526259425280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cThe important thing is that Twitter correct a grave mistake in banning his account, despite no violation of the law or terms of service. Deplatforming a sitting President undermined public trust in Twitter for half of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a reminder, I was a significant supporter of the Obama-Biden presidency and (reluctantly) voted for Biden over Trump,\u201d Musk continued. \u201cBut freedom of speech is the bedrock of a strong democracy and must take precedence. My preference for the 2024 presidency is someone sensible and centrist. I had hoped that would the case for the Biden administration, but have been disappointed so far.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk then was asked, \u201cWould you support Ron DeSantis in 2024, Elon?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk responded, \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-2024-florida-republican-presidential-primary-poll-between-trump-and-desantis-shows-a-total-blowout\">New 2024 Florida Republican Presidential Primary Poll Between Trump And DeSantis Shows A Total Blowout<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News Democrat political analyst Juan Williams named Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) as America\u2019s most influential political player in 2022 despite being terrified of him. Williams highlighted DeSantis\u2019 \u201cenormous\u201d impact this year, ranging from dominating the culture war in Florida, to getting the Republican Party more seats in the U.S. House of Representatives by redrawing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1754432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1754419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1754419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1754432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1754419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1754419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1754419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}