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DeSantis amplifies 2024 chatter with trip to Nevada to campaign for US Senate candidate Laxalt

DeSantis amplifies 2024 chatter with trip to Nevada to campaign for US Senate candidate Laxalt

DeSantis recounted for a packed Las Vegas bar his battles against the Biden administration and Disney and rattled off his conservative victories. He called Florida the “tip of the spear” — a hint at possible future fights — and said Laxalt “will represent my voice in the United States Senate.”

“This is our opportunity to rattle the foundations of this decaying administration in Washington,” DeSantis said.

Nevada Republicans, used to presidential hopefuls making excuses to visit, were eager to get an early look at DeSantis. Ninety minutes before the event, more than 100 people were waiting outside Stoney’s Rockin’ Country near the Las Vegas Strip to hear from the Republican governor who took on Disney, helped enact a ban on certain school instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity, and opened Florida to tourists when many Vegas casinos struggled through Covid-19 restrictions.

“DeSantis is the future president of the United States, so I had to see him,” said Jamie Fulmer, a practice manager for a local orthopedic surgeon who had vacationed in the Jacksonville, Florida, area amid the pandemic “just to be in his state.”

“So if he supports Laxalt, then I figure I should give this guy a shot,” she said.

DeSantis is running for reelection, and his campaign, which has been reticent to engage in any discussion beyond November, declined to comment on his Nevada visit. DeSantis’ allies point out that he didn’t agree to leave Florida for just any candidate. Laxalt and DeSantis were bunkmates in the Navy, and they remain close friends. Only DeSantis’ wife has enjoyed that kind of staying power inside the governor’s notoriously tight political circle. Laxalt is running for the GOP nomination to challenge US Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, one of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents. The primary is June 14.Nevertheless, DeSantis’ appearance in an early state on the presidential primary calendar will do little to tamp down speculation about the Republican’s 2024…

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