Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks throughout an Iowa GOP reception on May 13. He is anticipated to announce his presidential run on Wednesday.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks throughout an Iowa GOP reception on May 13. He is anticipated to announce his presidential run on Wednesday.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is anticipated to announce his run for president on Wednesday throughout a Twitter Spaces occasion alongside Twitter’s Executive Chairman Elon Musk.

During a Wall Street Journal occasion on Tuesday, when requested if he was internet hosting a dialogue with DeSantis, Musk confirmed the occasion.

“”I can be interviewing Ron DeSantis and he has fairly an announcement to make.” Musk teased.

He went on to highlight the role Twitter will play on Wednesday.

“It would be the first time one thing like that is taking place on social media and with actual time questions and solutions,” Musk said. “Not scripted. So it is going to be stay and let ‘er rip. Let’s see what occurs.”

The choice of Twitter as the platform to announce a presidential run is notable. The social media giant was once the favorite platform of former President Donald Trump, who spent two years banned from the site before having his account reinstated earlier this year. He has not tweeted since his reinstatement.

Trump often drove national conversation with a tweet and now uses the much less popular site, Truth Social, to elevate his messaging.

DeSantis’ spouse, Casey DeSantis, additional teased the doubtless run on Twitter with a video displaying DeSantis taking to a stage with an American flag backdrop.

DeSantis has flirted with a marketing campaign for president for a number of months, taking journeys to early voting states like Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada. He additionally leaned closely into the tradition conflict in Florida’s current legislative session, passing abortion bans, e-book bans and drag bans, amongst different laws centered on conservative priorities.

DeSantis has persistently ranked second in nationwide polls of Republican candidates. Trump stays the frontrunner, typically forward of DeSantis by 30 factors.

Trump has focused DeSantis in his personal marketing campaign messaging, utilizing private assaults and his signature disparaging nicknames.

DeSantis just isn’t the one Republican candidate to announce a marketing campaign this week, if that’s his plan. South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott additionally launched a bid for the White House in his dwelling state on Monday.