{"id":1982124,"date":"2023-07-25T11:47:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-appreciate-the-prayers-desantis-involved-in-car-crash-while-traveling-to-campaign-event\/"},"modified":"2023-07-25T11:47:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:47:59","slug":"we-appreciate-the-prayers-desantis-involved-in-car-crash-while-traveling-to-campaign-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-appreciate-the-prayers-desantis-involved-in-car-crash-while-traveling-to-campaign-event\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis in Car Crash on Way to Campaign Event, Thanks for Prayers"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fwe-appreciate-the-prayers-desantis-involved-in-car-crash-while-traveling-to-campaign-event%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=1982124&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--><h2>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Involved in Car\u2063 Accident While Traveling to Campaign Event<\/h2>\n<p>Florida\u200b Gov. Ron DeSantis was involved \u2062in a car accident on Tuesday \u200bin\u2063 Tennessee, according to his campaign. Fortunately, the candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential\u200d nomination was not\u2062 injured.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis morning, the governor was in a car accident while traveling to an event in Chattanooga, Tennessee,\u201d Bryan Griffin, a representative of the campaign, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe and his team are uninjured,\u201d Griffin confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appreciate the prayers and well wishes of the nation for his continued \u200dprotection while on the campaign trail,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The accident occurred on Interstate \u200b75 South, as reported by \u200cWTVC-TV. Chattanooga police described the accident as &#8220;minor.&#8221; It was revealed \u2064that a motorcade was escorting DeSantis to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-circuit-breaker-on-election-night\/\" title=\"The question looms: just how does it come to be that three quarters of Republican and nearly one third of Democrat voters all believe that the election was stolen from Trump?\">campaign event<\/a> when four cars in the motorcade \u2063collided with \u2062each other due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/photo-trooper-saves-two-men-after-rollover-crash-what-a-hero-looks-like\/\" title=\"PHOTO -- Trooper Saves Two Men After Rollover Crash: 'What a Hero Looks Like'\">traffic slowing<\/a> down.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, only one member of the campaign&#8217;s \u200dstaff sustained a \u2063minor injury in the accident, according to Chattanooga police. The lead\u200c vehicle in the motorcade hit the brakes, \u2064causing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-appreciate-the-prayers-desantis-involved-in-car-crash-while-traveling-to-campaign-event\/\" title=\"DeSantis in Car Crash on Way to Campaign Event, Thanks for Prayers\">chain-reaction collision<\/a>, as reported by WDEF-TV.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">UPDATE: Governor Ron DeSantis was involved \u2064a car crash on I-75 South\u200b in Chattanooga Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i6KCTYkX7i\">https:\/\/t.co\/i6KCTYkX7i<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RA0Mgoronv\">https:\/\/t.co\/RA0Mgoronv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WTVC\u200b NewsChannel 9 \u2064(@newschannelnine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/newschannelnine\/status\/1683841099063005185?\">July 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sherri Lee, who \u200cwas planning to host a Knoxville-area reception for DeSantis, expressed her unawareness of any change in plans, according to the Knoxville News Sentinel. Lee stated, &#8220;If he&#8217;s OK, I assume he&#8217;s coming, but I&#8217;m not in \u200ccharge of campaigning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the accident, DeSantis had fundraisers scheduled for Tuesday in Chattanooga, Knoxville, and the Nashville area, \u200cas reported by CNN. In the GOP primary polls, DeSantis has remained a distant second to former President Donald Trump, with Trump leading at 52.3 percent and DeSantis\u2063 at 18 percent,\u200d according to the latest RealClearPolitics average.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/appreciate-prayers-desantis-involved-car-crash-traveling-campaign-event\/\">The Western Journal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a potential 2024 Republican presidential nominee, escaped unharmed after being involved in a car accident in Tennessee. 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