Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a brief news conference Tuesday as part of a shift in strategy for his presidential campaign, but the governor took only four questions, almost all of which centered on the party’s front-runner Donald Trump.
DeSantis' attempt to change the conversation, which came while campaigning in South Carolina as he rolled out a policy plan for the military, underscored the challenges he faces to try to overtake the former president and his command of the spotlight in the GOP presidential race.
Republican presidential candidate Florida Governor Ron DeSantis delivers remarks at the 2023 Christians United for Israel summit on July 17, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia. For this year's summit, CUFI hosts 2024 Republican presidential candidates hopefTrump's news, an indication he could soon be charged by U.S. prosecutors, and his behavior on around the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was the subject of two of the four questions DeSantis received at his news conference.
"But to try to criminalize that, that’s a different issue entirely," he said. He went on to repeat statements he has made previously regarding Trump's criminal charges by decrying a "politicization" of the justice system.Florida Gov.
"At the end of the day, when you when you start there are certain investments that you make," he said. "We really believe having an important apparatus on the ground is important in caucus states and early states."DeSantis opened his swing through South Carolina on Monday, holding an event in Tega Cay, an affluent community on Lake Wylie along the state line with North Carolina.
At his event Tuesday in West Columbia, DeSantis — a former Navy officer who served in the Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps in Iraq — rolled out his plans to reform a U.S. military he has argued is too "woke" and focused on efforts at diversity and inclusion.
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