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Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis was directly asked about possibly running for president again, telling Fox News host Sean Hannity "we'll see," in part in a clip posted to X on Monday.
Newsweek reached out to DeSantis' office via email for comment Monday night.
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Why It Matters
DeSantis lost his 2024 bid for the White House, suspending his campaign and ultimately endorsing President Donald Trump.
The Florida governor made a name for himself among conservatives and across the country for his stance on culture war issues, his response to the COVID-19 pandemic and running against Trump.
What To Know
In a clip posted to X by Hannity, DeSantis is asked, "Will you run for president again?"
"We'll see," DeSantis told Hannity on his podcast*, Hang Out with Sean Hannity.*
“I mean, you know, I think that you know in '24, um like in Iowa, the people that voted for Trump, if he wasn't running, I would have gotten like 90 percent of those people. ... They were conservative voters, right? They didn’t want the non-conservative, you know, they wanted me,” he said. “But the timing didn’t work out, obviously, for that.”
“So, you just got to see what happens,” DeSantis added.
The Florida governor's remarks about a potential run comes as key Republicans in Trump’s administration, including Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, are viewed as potential contenders, which could play a factor in DeSantis’ path to consolidating the party’s base.
In a new poll from the Saint Anselm College Survey Center on Monday, Vance led the pack of possible GOP candidates with 46 percent and Rubio came in a distant second place with 27 percent in the poll. The survey shows DeSantis in a tie for third with 5 percent along with Nikki Haley.
What People Are Saying
Trump, in August during a news conference when asked if Vance is the MAGA successor: "Well, I think most likely in all fairness, he's the vice president. I think Marco [Rubio] is also somebody that maybe would get together with JD in some form. I also think we have incredible people, some of the people on the stage right here, so it's too early obviously to talk about it but certainly he's doing a great job, and he would be probably favored at this point."
DeSantis, when asked by CNN's Jake Tapper about a potential 2028 run, in November last year in part: “I’m not thinking about anything because I think we have a president now who’s not even been in for a year. We’ve got a lot that we’ve got to accomplish."
What Happens Next
Presidential candidates typically throw their name into the race after the midterm elections.
Hannity said in his post to X that the interview with DeSantis will drop on Tuesday.
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