{"id":897664,"date":"2021-10-19T11:14:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T15:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=897664"},"modified":"2021-10-19T11:14:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T15:14:26","slug":"watch-casey-desantis-makes-first-public-appearance-since-cancer-revelation-galvanizes-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-casey-desantis-makes-first-public-appearance-since-cancer-revelation-galvanizes-crowd\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Casey DeSantis Makes First Public Appearance Since Cancer Revelation, Galvanizes Crowd"},"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%2Fwatch-casey-desantis-makes-first-public-appearance-since-cancer-revelation-galvanizes-crowd%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=897664&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>Making a surprise public appearance after her husband, Florida GOP governor Ron DeSantis, announced she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis stated: \u201cI think there\u2019s a lot that we can be upset about, that we can be sad about. The direction of our country; the future of our nation, our families, our communities, our safety, our children, their education, their futures, our health, and our well-being. And I\u2019ll tell you one thing that\u2019s for sure: I\u2019m sure as hell not giving up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Appearing at the Hernando County Republican Party Lincoln-Reagan Day Dinner&nbsp;on Saturday, Governor DeSantis stood at the lectern, where he told the crowd, \u201cProbably the most important person who has stood by me is our wonderful First Lady.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As that triggered a standing ovation, DeSantis continued, \u201cI just want to thank you for all the thoughts and prayers. I trust in the Lord. I know how tough she is. She\u2019s doing very, very well; in fact, &nbsp;she\u2019s doing so well that she wanted to come here tonight and say hello to you. And so, here she is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That triggered another emotional standing ovation as Casey DeSantis took the microphone from her husband and joked, \u201cWell, I hear when you get a standing ovation before you even walk in the door you should probably just leave, right,\u201d eliciting laughter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I just want to say God bless you and thank you. And thank you for the pins. And thank you for, what you\u2019ve done, gosh it means a whole lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to start tearing up because I didn\u2019t put on water-proof mascara,\u201d she quipped. \u201cI didn\u2019t prepare myself properly. But you know, I\u2019ve done a lot of thinking, obviously, as of recent. I think there\u2019s a lot that we can be upset about, that we can be sad about. The direction of our country; the future of our nation, our families, our communities, our safety, our children, their education, their futures, our health, and our well-being.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I\u2019ll tell you one thing that\u2019s for sure,\u201d she asserted as she issued a statement not only about her health but the nation as a whole, \u201cI\u2019m sure as hell not giving up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That triggered another ovation as she galvanized the crowd: \u201cWhen you know in your heart what is right, never, ever, ever give up, the fight. Ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd to steal some words \u2014 and I do this from a time or two,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making a surprise public appearance after her husband, Florida GOP governor Ron DeSantis, announced she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis stated: \u201cI think there\u2019s a lot that we can be upset about, that we can be sad about. The direction of our country; the future of our nation, our families, our communities, our safety, our children, their education, their futures, our health, and our well-being. And I\u2019ll tell you one thing that\u2019s for sure: I\u2019m sure as hell not giving up.\u201dAppearing at the Hernando County Republican Party Lincoln-Reagan Day Dinner\u00a0on Saturday, Governor DeSantis stood at the lectern, where he told the crowd, \u201cProbably the most important person who has stood by me is our wonderful First Lady.\u201dAs that triggered a standing ovation, DeSantis continued, \u201cI just want to thank you for all the thoughts and prayers. I trust in the Lord. I know how tough she is. She\u2019s doing very, very well; in fact, \u00a0she\u2019s doing so well that she wanted to come here tonight and say hello to you. And so, here she is.\u201dThat triggered another emotional standing ovation as Casey DeSantis took the microphone from her husband and joked, \u201cWell, I hear when you get a standing ovation before you even walk in the door you should probably just leave, right,\u201d eliciting laughter.\u201cBut I just want to say God bless you and thank you. And thank you for the pins. And thank you for, what you\u2019ve done, gosh it means a whole lot.\u201d\u201cI don\u2019t want to start tearing up because I didn\u2019t put on water-proof mascara,\u201d she quipped. \u201cI didn\u2019t prepare myself properly. But you know, I\u2019ve done a lot of thinking, obviously, as of recent. I think there\u2019s a lot that we can be upset about, that we can be sad about. The direction of our country; the future of our nation, our families, our communities, our safety, our children, their education, their futures, our health, and our well-being.\u201d\u201cAnd I\u2019ll tell you one thing that\u2019s for sure,\u201d she asserted as she issued a statement not only about her health but the nation as a whole, \u201cI\u2019m sure as hell not giving up.\u201dThat triggered another ovation as she galvanized the crowd: \u201cWhen you know in your heart what is right, never, ever, ever give up, the fight. Ever.\u201d\u201cAnd to steal some words \u2014 and I do this from a time or two, cause I steal some of his best lines, and I can do that, because I went before him \u2014 but to steal some lines from the strongest, most courageous person I have ever met in my life, who is my husband, \u00a0to steal some lines from him: I have only begun to fight,\u201d she added.In May, at the Republican Committee of Allegheny County\u2019s annual Lincoln Day Dinner, Ron DeSantis asserted, \u201cI can tell you this: in the state of Florida, with me as governor, I have only begun to fight.\u201dDeSantis was quoting a version of the immortal (possibly apocryphal) line from Revolutionary War Captain John Paul Jones, who replied to a demand for surrender by stating, \u201cI have not yet begun to fight.\u201dI am so proud of Casey for her strength and courage as she stares down breast cancer. What an inspirational message! pic.twitter.com\/dTzL4iZ62k\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantisFL) October 18, 2021The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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