Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) promised supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris that they were voting for a “more vapid” and “much less accomplished” iteration of President Joe Biden.
Harris reached the end of the 2024 campaign trail on Monday after less than four months of rising to the top of the Democratic ticket. Biden had been running for reelection until July, after all the state primary elections were finished, when he announced he would end his campaign. Immediately, Biden endorsed Harris as she was the sole candidate who could legally use what Biden fundraised.
While appearing on Hannity on Monday, DeSantis mocked Harris for not acknowledging any improvements the administration could make.
“This is somebody that claims she’s running on being a change agent, that she’s going to turn the page, and yet when she is asked, ‘What would you have done different from Joe Biden, who is not a popular president?’ she says she can’t think of anything. Really?” DeSantis said. “There’s so many things that this administration’s come up short, and yet, she was there with him in lockstep every step of the way. So, if you elect Harris, you’re kind of reelecting Biden, but you’re reelecting a version of Biden that is more vapid, much more liberal, and even much less accomplished, so why would you want to do that, given so many people see the country going on the wrong track right now?”
DeSantis expressed his confidence that former President Donald Trump would win his state of Florida. The governor reported that registered Republicans have come out 10 points above registered Democrats, with a 1.1 million-vote lead in ballots cast early. He predicted that they would have Florida’s election results by Tuesday evening.
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This cycle, election officials sent 5% more mail-in ballots to Floridian voters than they did in 2016. That is in addition to the voters who opted to vote early in person, including Hannity host Sean Hannity, who said it was his first election doing so.
A RealClearPolitics poll average from Tuesday morning showed Harris with a slight 0.1-point lead nationwide.