{"id":2244249,"date":"2024-05-14T13:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T17:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantiss-wife-has-zero-interest-in-politics-despite-being-favored-more-than-gaetz-for-governor\/"},"modified":"2024-05-14T13:07:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T17:07:28","slug":"desantiss-wife-has-zero-interest-in-politics-despite-being-favored-more-than-gaetz-for-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantiss-wife-has-zero-interest-in-politics-despite-being-favored-more-than-gaetz-for-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis&#8217;s spouse shows no interest in politics, despite being more favored than Gaetz for governor"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fdesantiss-wife-has-zero-interest-in-politics-despite-being-favored-more-than-gaetz-for-governor%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=2244249&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>Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida dismissed speculation\u2063 about his\u2062 wife\u200c running for \u200boffice \u2064in 2026, despite a poll\u2062 indicating her\u2063 lead\u2064 over Rep. Matt Gaetz. Casey DeSantis\u2063 played a prominent role in \u200dher husband&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-democrats-who-could-be-impeached-by-their-own-standards\/\" title=\"7 Democrats Who Could Be Impeached By Their Own Standards\">recent presidential campaign<\/a>. Ron \u200cDeSantis mentioned her lack of interest \u2064in politics when questioned about her \u200cpoll performance \u200cagainst Gaetz. Your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-rips-biden-for-being-too-weak-to-stand-up-for-police\/\" title=\"Trump criticizes Biden for lacking the strength to support law enforcement\">summary effectively\u200d captures<\/a> the key points about \u200cGov. Ron DeSantis of Florida dismissing speculation about his wife running for office in 2026, her active role in his recent presidential campaign, and his clarification on her\u2062 disinterest in politics\u200d when compared to Rep. Matt Gaetz in\u200b a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-continuous-media-covid-fear-mongering-may-backfire-and-diminish-democrat-voter-turnout\/\" title=\"The Continuous Media COVID Fear Mongering May BACKFIRE and Diminish Democrat Voter Turnout\">recent poll<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ron-desantis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ron DeSantis\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> (R-FL) dismissed talk of his wife seeking his office in 2026 despite a poll showing her leading Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who\u2019s been floated as a candidate, in a hypothetical poll.<\/p>\n<p>Casey DeSantis was a fixture on the campaign trail alongside her husband during his unsuccessful presidential bid, which ended in January, with some outlets <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/casey-desantis-husbands-secret-campaign-weapon-ramps-campaign\/story?id=105550069\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"dubbing\">dubbing<\/a> her his \u201cnot-so-secret campaign weapon.\u201d Asked about a Florida Atlantic University poll released last month that showed her leading Gaetz in a race for governor, Ron DeSantis said his wife has \u201czero\u201d interest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I had to characterize her interest in getting into the political thicket as a candidate, I would say, I would characterize it as zero,\u201d Ron DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FLVoiceNews\/status\/1790116910463373674\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> at an event on Monday. \u201cBut, you know, I think it\u2019s because she has had a front-row seat on all the nonsense that goes on when you do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), left, carries daughter Mamie as his wife, Casey, speaks during a campaign event at The Hangout on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Standing in foreground are DeSantis\u2019s children Mason, left, and Madison. (AP Photo\/Meg Kinnard)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faupolling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mainstreet_Florida_Apr_2024_Public.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"survey\">survey<\/a> from FAU showed Casey DeSantis leading Gaetz 37.6% to 16.1%, with 25.8% saying they were unsure and 20.5% saying they\u2019d prefer another candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Ron DeSantis added he believes the reason his wife has been floated as a gubernatorial candidate is because of her work as first lady.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust look at Hope Florida. Forget about all the stuff she\u2019s done with mental health in schools, with helping get substance abuse, which has been serious, but Hope Florida alone. It\u2019s been one of the more successful programs to deal with social problems that we can see in modern history,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ron DeSantis, who was reelected in a landslide in 2022, is term-limited and cannot seek a third term in 2026. <\/p>\n<p>Some of the other names floated as gubernatorial candidates on the GOP side include Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez, and Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) brushed off rumors of his wife running for his office in 2026, despite a poll showing her ahead of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), a potential candidate. Casey DeSantis, known for her presence on the campaign trail during her husband&#8217;s recent presidential run, remains uninterested in pursuing politics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2244250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24020628391111.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2244249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24020628391111.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244249","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\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2244249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2244250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2244249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2244249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2244249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}