DeSantis set for South Carolina appearance
COLUMBIA, S.C. (FLV) – Gov. Ron DeSantis will reportedly travel to South Carolina and make a public appearance, further adding to his stacked travel plans for April.
The Associated Press was told by South Carolina State Sen. Josh Kimbrell, R-Spartanburg, that the Florida governor will appear for an event on April 19.
It will reportedly take place in Spartanburg, hosted by Kimbrell.
The visit is going to be DeSantis’ first public appearance in the state.
In light of his Feb. 28 book launch of “The Courage to Be Free,” DeSantis is making rounds across states from the Rust Belt to Texas and the West Coast.
Recently, DeSantis spoke at the Midland County GOP’s annual breakfast in Michigan, where he slammed Republicans’ “culture of losing” in the wake of the 2022 midterms and the Wisconsin Supreme Court election.
“What I see around the country with Republicans is they started to develop a culture of losing,” he said. “This is something we saw in Wisconsin with this Supreme Court race.”
“We [also] saw it with a very disappointing midterm election.”
DeSantis will reportedly travel to Ohio for the Butler County GOP’s “Lincoln Day Event” on April 13.
April 14, he will reportedly speak at the New Hampshire GOP’s Amos Tuck Dinner in Manchester.
On April 21, DeSantis is slated to speak at the Heritage Foundation’s 50th leadership summit in National Harbor, Maryland.
On April 27, an official state business trip to Israel will feature DeSantis delivering the keynote address at the Jerusalem Post and Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem “Celebrate the Faces of Israel” event.
The governor began in February meeting with law enforcement in blue cities like New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago.
Off the heels of his book launch, he also traveled to Texas and California.
Recently, DeSantis spoke to crowds in both Iowa and Nevada.
The governor is facing claims from some Trump supporters that he is using taxpayer dollars to “travel around the country for his 2024 presidential campaign.”
Florida’s Voice spoke with both a member of DeSantis’ political team and the Executive Office of the Governor on the claims.
Jeremy Redfern, DeSantis’ deputy press secretary, told Florida’s Voice that no public funds go towards coordinating, planning, or executing “political travel.”
A member of DeSantis’ political team told Florida’s Voice that other events, like the governor’s appearances at local GOP clubs that are not “Florida Blueprint” events, are also hosted by other groups, not paid for by the state.
Redfern clarified that other kinds of trips, like his upcoming trip to Israel, is a “trade mission through Enterprise Florida and, just like the last one, is not paid for at the taxpayer’s expense.”
