In a 40-minute speech at the Peoria Civic Center, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis warned a central Illinois audience of GOP faithful that if President Joe Biden is reelected and other Democrats win office, “the country is going to be unrecognizable.”
Matt Herman, of Bloomington, hoists a sign as he joins others protesting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' appearance as the keynote speaker for the annual Lincoln Day Dinner, May 12, 2023, at the Peoria Civic Center.
DeSantis did not mention his prospective challenge to embattled former President Donald Trump, who has already announced his GOP bid for the White House. Trump has comfortable leads in early polls against DeSantis, whom he’s publicly rebuked in Trump-speak as “DeSanctimonious” and “DeSanctus” among several other nicknames.
On the eve of the Florida governor’s visit, Pritzker said in a statement that “In Illinois, we reject the cruelty he espouses and stand firmly against his hateful agenda.”DeSantis’ return to Illinois — he spoke to a law enforcement audience in Elmhurst in February — adds to what has become a running feud with Pritzker over their vastly different takes on culture war issues including abortion, education, immigration and gun rights.
Pritzker has supported the elimination of cash bail and other progressive criminal justice reforms.; DeSantis on Friday said those ideas as “being driven by woke ideology” and talked about the need to reject the “weaponization of the criminal justice system.” He accused Democrats of tolerating “rioting and looting and disorder.”
More than 1,100 tickets were sold for the event at various levels, starting at $85, and an estimated $240,000 was raised by the two county organizations, organizers said. The ticket sales eclipsed last year’s event, when 700 people attended a speech by another potential 2024 presidential contender, former Vice President Mike Pence.
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