DeSantis enters race - Target pulls Pride products - France bans short flights

Source: Bloomberg

1. Summary
   Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis officially announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election on Wednesday. DeSantis' announcement, which was delayed by technical issues, took place on Twitter Spaces in a conversation with Elon Musk. DeSantis argued that Republicans had underperformed under former President Trump.
   
   DeSantis leaned on his achievements in Florida, where his cultural policies regularly gained national attention and where he oversaw Republican electoral success. In 2022 DeSantis redrew congressional maps, and in the midterms, the GOP flipped three Florida House seats and won historically blue counties, like Miami-Dade. It is a contrast from 2018, when he won the governor's race by less than a percentage point.
   
   In total, DeSantis has raised $119 million, compared to the $86 million Trump reported before his indictment (after which donations spiked). Several large GOP donors are backing DeSantis, including a 2016 Trump campaign official and a super PAC with a $200 million campaign budget.

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