TULSA, Okla.—Republican governor and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis of Florida brought his campaign to Oklahoma this weekend where he picked up fellow Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt’s endorsement and told voters his plan to turn the country around.
Stitt compared DeSantis’s administration to his own work in Oklahoma. He said both states resisted mask mandates, both are pro-life, and both oppose the policies of the Biden administration.
“I 100 percent endorse Ron DeSantis,” he told the gathering on June 10.
DeSantis told an overflow Tulsa crowd that America is in decline by its leaders’ choices. He said he would use the policies implemented in Florida to turn the country around.
“Our great American comeback will begin when we send Joe Biden back to his basement in Delaware,” DeSantis told the crowd. “I know it can be done because I did it in Florida.”
He promised to tighten immigration policy, implement E-Verify for legal employment, impose stricter penalties for fentanyl smuggling, and crack down on human trafficking.
But DeSantis said one of his priorities would be to tame inflation by stopping money printing and cutting back on government spending.
“We are going to end Biden’s disastrous economic policies,” he said.
DeSantis said Florida has banned the purchase of land by America’s enemies, banned Environmental Social Governance banking, and promoted sound fiscal policies. He said this has resulted in $2.7 billion in tax relief for Floridians even though the state has no income tax. He added that he would restart domestic energy production.
“We will put wokeism in the dustbin of history,” DeSantis said.
DeSantis said Florida fought the indoctrination of children by standing up to corporations, activists, and the education establishment.
He said pornography is prohibited in Florida’s public school libraries, and so-called “gender-affirming health care” for children is banned. He added that Florida allows school choice, has implemented pro-life laws, and has authorized the death penalty for pedophilia.
