United States: DeSantis begins his campaign for the White House in Iowa

2023-05-31T04:12:26.134Z

Highlights: Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump's main rival on the right, gave his first campaign rally in Iowa on Tuesday, May 30. Iowa, a small state, but a key state in the Republican primary, because it will be the first to vote. The candidates will succeed each other until the beginning of the primary in March 2024. The governor of Florida insists on one of his favorite themes: the cultural battle in schools: "Therole of our schools is to educate, not to indoctrinate!"

Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump's main rival on the right, gave his first campaign rally in Iowa on Tuesday, May 30. Iowa, a small state, but a key state in the Republican primary, because it...

United States: DeSantis begins his campaign for the White House in Iowa

Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump's main rival on the right, gave his first campaign rally in Iowa on Tuesday, May 30. Iowa, a small state, but a key state in the Republican primary, because it will be the first to vote. The candidates will therefore succeed each other until the beginning of the primary in March 2024.

Ron DeSantis, Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Clive, Iowa. AP - Charlie Neibergall

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With our correspondent in Miami, David Thomson

Ron DeSantis takes the stage with his wife Casey, a former local TV anchor. With their three children, the couple cultivated a Kennedy-style image: a model American family. They are young, beautiful, powerful, but also very conservative. His first speech as a candidate for the Republican nomination in Iowa, DeSantis, a devout Christian, gave it in a church.

And the governor of Florida insists on one of his favorite themes: the cultural battle in schools: "Therole of our schools is to educate, not to indoctrinate! It is not normal for a teacher to tell his students that they may not be born in the right body or that they can adopt the gender of their choice!

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In his Florida stronghold, DeSantis has turned classrooms into a political battleground, with the ultra-conservative governor banning teachers from talking about sexual orientation with their students. It also allowed parents to remove dozens of books on LGBT issues accused of pornography from school libraries.

This theme electrifies Republican voters and allows him to distinguish himself from his great rival he never names, Donald Trump, who largely dominates the polls with nearly 30% ahead and who will also be in Iowa on Thursday.

United States: DeSantis begins his campaign for the White House in Iowa

United States: DeSantis begins his campaign for the White House in Iowa

Trump, never named

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