Word for the book, to be published Feb. 28 via Broadside, the conservative arm of HarperCollins Publishing, first shared with Fox News on Wednesday.
The editors note that the autobiography will cover key moments in DeSantis’ life, from “growing up in a working-class family, betting on the Little League World Series, going through Yale University and Harvard Law School, volunteering for the Navy after Sept. 11 and serving in Iraq. “
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The memoir will also detail his marriage to Casey DeSantis, their children and his wife’s war on cancer.
Florida’s governor has noted that his popularity skyrocketed among conservatives across the country over the past two-and-a-half years, thanks to his resilience against coronavirus pandemic restrictions and his competitive moves as a culture war warrior targeting the media and corporations.
The editors note that the e-book “will focus on the critical issues that have brought [DeSantis] to the center of our country’s long-term debate. He stores his thinking from the days when he fought COVID mandates and restrictions, the critical theory of race. , sparked business” and qualifies it as a “media legacy”. They say that the memoirs will relate what they call “his ambitious and really extensive political achievements. “
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DeSantis, in a statement, said that “what Florida has done is identify a government plan that has produced tangible effects while serving as a rebuke to the entrenched elites who have brought our country to the ground. Florida is positive evidence that we, the people, are powerless in the face of those elites. “
Eric Nelson, vice president and editorial director of Broadside, noted that “everyone can see that Governor Ron DeSantis is a talented leader, and now other people will notice that he is also a talented writer. His e-book explains how he applies his sense of true north to life and direction. “
The e-book is the moment through DeSantis, a former congressman who narrowly elected governor in 2018. His first e-book, published in 2011 before his election to Congress, titled “Dreams of Our Founding Fathers: First Principles in the Obama Era. “The e-book proved why some conservatives turned to the nation’s founding principles amid President Barack Obama’s self-proclaimed “transformational change. “
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Writing an e-book is a rite of passage for many potential and actual presidential candidates. Former Vice President Mike Pence, who is likely to launch a race for the White House, is on a national field trip for his new autobiography, “So Help Me God. “”
“If You Want Something Done: Leadership Lessons from Bold Women,” the most recent e-book by another potential Republican White House hopeful, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, was released in October. Haley served as ambassador to the United Nations during the former president’s tenure. Triumph.
And “Never Give a Inch: Fighting for the America I Love,” a new memoir written by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, likely the Republican presidential nominee, is expected to be released in late January.
For more than a year, DeSantis sidelined discussions about a 2024 White House race as he remained focused on his re-election as governor. But he has become a major force in the Republican Party because he has built a political logo that stretches from coast to coast. And political whistleblowers see him as a possible presidential candidate.
In delivering a keynote speech that earned state ovations at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s recent annual caucus, which was billed as the Republican Party’s first presidential primary of 2024, the governor repeated his well-used promise that “we have so much more to do. “do, and I just started fighting. “
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While former President Donald Trump, who launched his third White House race two weeks ago, is the undisputed front-runner in the race for the GOP nomination, DeSantis has noted that his polls in the 2024 Republican presidential election are beginning to rival Trump’s and his fundraising prowess. corresponds to that of the former president.