Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) made it publicly official on Wednesday, announcing his candidacy for President of the United States in a Twitter post as technical difficulties plagued the original Twitter Spaces conversation with Elon Musk, where he was poised to make the announcement first.
The scheduled discussion came hours after the governor filed papers with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and months after ongoing speculation on the governor’s 2024 intentions. On Wednesday, DeSantis formally put all speculation to rest in a Twitter post which presumably was to coincide with his verbal announcement during the Twitter Spaces conversation. However, the announcement was delayed, as the Twitter Spaces conversation experienced extreme technical difficulties, cutting in and out before going completely quiet, forcing them to start a new one.