Ron DeSantis doesn't want 'DEI sweepstakes' VP
Ron DeSantis is telling Iowans that his vice presidential nominee wouldn’t be a “DEI sweepstakes” selection if he is the 2024 Republican presidential nominee.
“But I can tell you this: I don’t think you play any type of funny business with the VP selection. I don’t think it’s about, you know, trying to satisfy the DEI sweepstakes or to do this or that,” DeSantis told supporters in Ankeny.
The Governor was asked about whether he might select Iowa’s Governor, Kim Reynolds, as a Vice Presidential nominee when he offered that insight to his process, which includes a preference for “people that have been governors” and “someone who shares your values” over someone like his frequent rhetorical tar...