Ron DeSantis explains 'family-friendly' decision to run for Governor

Ron DeSantis explains 'family-friendly' decision to run for Governor

In Iowa Saturday night, Gov. Ron DeSantis described his decision to leave Congress and run for Governor as a “family-friendly” move borne of a desire to see his children grow up.

“One of the reasons I ran for Governor in the first place was because I was a member of the US Congress. We had our daughter at the end of my second term after I had been elected for a third term. So I go up for the third term and I’m thinking to myself, ‘Why am I going and leaving my wife and daughter for four or five days a week, and then coming back,’ I was like, ‘I don’t really like that.'”

DeSantis said being Governor is a “very family friendly job because you can do whatever you need to do around the state, yo...

Full story at Florida Politics