The Florida governor, who is seen as Donald Trump’s top rival in the Republican presidential race, will kick off his bid for the White House during Wednesday night’s Twitter Spaces event with the billionaire.

The event will take place at 6 p.m. ET and be hosted by tech entrepreneur David Sacks, a DeSantis supporter and a close business advisor to Musk, according to NBC News.

In presenting his appointment of the right-wing seventh judge to the Supreme Court, the Florida governor noted that if elected president, he would be able to run for re-election and stay in the White House for eight years. like, unlike Mr. Trump. will only be able to serve one term as he has spent four years as commander-in-chief.

Gustaf Kilander report from Washington, DC.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will announce he will run for president in discussion with Twitter CEO Elon Musk, three sources familiar with the plan told NBC News.

Musk and DeSantis will host an event on Twitter Spaces, the website’s platform for audio conversations, on Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET. It will be moderated by David Sacks, a tech entrepreneur, a confidant of Musk, and a DeSantis supporter.

That same evening, the campaign will release an introductory video and DeSantis will begin visiting some of the first states after Memorial Day.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis predicted that if he were elected president, conservatives could hold a 7-2 majority on the Supreme Court in 25 years, according to the report.

The governor and potential Republican presidential nominee made the remarks while speaking at the National Conference of Religious Broadcasters in Orlando.

Jack Sweeney, a student at the University of Central Florida, created a Twitter account called “@DeSantisJet”, which tracked the location of the plane Mr. DeSantis was using.

As Ron DeSantis prepares to take the national stage, interest will inevitably turn to his personal life and that of his wife, Casey DeSantis, as the future first lady of the United States.

Joe Somerlad Florida’s current first lady profile.

Speaking before the National Conference of Religious Broadcasters in Orlando on Monday night, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis outlined his vision for maintaining and even developing a conservative majority on the Supreme Court.

washington articles reported that he suggested that if he were elected president and served two full terms, the number of conservative judges could increase to seven out of nine, suggesting that John Roberts (who sometimes sided with the liberal judges) and Sonia Sotomayor may need to be replaced.

“So maybe in those eight years we have an opportunity to strengthen the judges… Alito and Thomas and really improve with the others, and if you can do that, you have a A 7-2 conservative majority on the Supreme Court will last a quarter of a century,” Mr. DeSantis said to loud applause.

Democratic groups have described the scenario as a “nightmare”.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis apparently dropped the letters “FL” from his personal Twitter account’s name and bought the name @RonDeSantis from its previous owner.

His team also seems to have dropped the Sunshine State from their hands, becoming @TeamRonDeSantis.

The official announcement of his candidacy is expected this week as he files the paperwork and meets with sponsors, after having visited multiple stub states and started a short international trip.

On Monday, Senator Tim Scott entered the race to be the Republican nominee and received a surprisingly warm welcome from the team’s current leader Donald Trump (who was not surprised at all). while also removing DeSantis in the same post).

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is dismissing any concerns about the NAACP issuing the order official consultation warns travelers that the Sunshine State is “openly hostile” to Blacks, people of color and LGBT+ people.

independence approached Mr. DeSantis’ office on Monday about the advice given by the largest and oldest civil rights organization in the United States on May 20.