<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2TP78D_0qsZ36er00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2TP78D_0qsZ36er00" width="1900" height="1069" >MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) — Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis was in the Grand Strand Saturday as he continued his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential spot ahead of February primaries. Dozens of community members braced the cold Saturday morning as they waited in line outside. An eruption of applause echoed throughout The Hangout at Broadway at the Beach as constituents gathered to see the Florida Governor. “I’ll get the job done as the candidate on the election just like we did in Florida in a big way. As a leader, I’ll always conduct myself in a way you can be proud of. And as your president, I promise you this, I will get the job done, I will not make any excuses, and I will not let you down," DeSantis said. DeSantis made a pit stop in Myrtle Beach after appearing in the upstate following the launch of his campaign trail in Iowa. <blockquote>“It’s a great state for Republicans. You got a huge number of conservative voters, very patriotic, God-fearing, pro-military, a lot of veterans- and that’s really our constituency. So, I think that’s something that’s very very important. Iowa had conservatives too, New Hampshire a little less. South Carolina, I think is the heart of Republican Party nationally, so these are the voters that power our party," DeSantis said in an exclusive one-on-one interview with ABC15 News. </blockquote>At the event, he spoke about his plans if elected president.“We need to reverse this decline. We need to create a new birth of freedom in this country, and we need an entirely different path for going forward as a country. I’m gonna be a change agent, I’m gonna shake things up. You’re gonna see big differences starting on January 20, 2025. And if you expect anything less than that, then we’re not gonna get the job done," he said. DeSantis touched upon many social and political issues in the United States.He continued on by sharing his achievements as governor."We’ve paid off 25% of our state debt since I’ve been governor...If you look at the people running, I’m the only one running- I’ve delivered on 100% of my promises while in office. I tell you what I’m gonna do, if I tell you something, then I go and deliver. In Florida, we’ve delivered on things Republicans have been asking about for years and years. We’ve done everything from universal school choice, we’ve banned sanctuary cities, we even transported illegal aliens to sanctuary jurisdictions like Martha’s Vineyard.” he said. However, much of the conversation was focused around immigration and border security.“So, here’s how we’re gonna handle the border: We’re gonna declare it to be a national emergency on day one, we’re gonna mobilize all resources including our military to be on the border to stop the invasion. We’re not gonna let people in...We’re gonna hold the Mexican drug cartels accountable for the deaths that they’re causing with Fentanyl. And that means treating them like foreign terrorist organizations, and yes, it means authorizing the use of military force. They are invading this country, and they are killing our people in record numbers...I’ve not heard one voter tell me in this whole travel that that’s what they want to do. Because they’re not standing up for you, they’re standing up for other interests. So, this is unacceptable, and I think a president not only has the right, you have the responsibility when your people are being killed to fight back and put an end to it. And we’re gonna do that.” he said. In addition to highlighting his accomplishments when serving as Florida's Governor, he also spoke about education and military support. <blockquote>“I’m gonna come in on day one, we’re gonna take all the woke, all the social stuff, all the political stuff, we’re gonna rip it out and throw it in the trash can. We’re getting the military back to focusing on the mission," DeSantis said.</blockquote>DeSantis mentioned how he's the only presidential candidate who's a veteran. “It occurred to me then, and I believe now, you can have the best constitution in the world, you can have the best Declaration of Independence in the world. These things don’t run on autopilot, they require every generation of Americans to step up and sacrifice when freedoms threatened. And sometimes, put on a uniform, risk your life, and even give the last full measure of devotion for service to this country. Now in this political season, we’re not called upon to make sacrifices of that nature, but what we are called upon to do is to do justice to those sacrifices. What we are called upon to do is preserve what George Washington called the sacred fire of liberty. This is the fire that burned in Independence Hall in 1776 when 56 men pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to establish a new nation conceived in liberty. It’s a fire that burned at a cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania when our nation’s first Republican president pledged this nation to a new birth of freedom. It’s a fire that burned on the beaches of Normandy in 1944 when a merry band of brothers stormed the beaches, defeated the Nazis, and preserved freedom throughout the world. It’s a fire that burned at the foot of the Berlin Wall in 1987 when a resolute Republican President Ronald Reagan said, ‘Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall’, eventually leading to the disillusion of the Soviet Union...So, this is our responsibility: to carry this torch and preserve this sacred fire of liberty. It’s not a responsibility I shy away from, it’s a responsibility I welcome. Because if not now when, and if not us who? I’m asking for your support next month to be the Republican candidate," he said. He closed out the event with comment to ABC15 about his opponents, saying he's the only presidential candidate who will answer voters' questions. "I’m the only candidate that will take questions from voters at this point. Biden certainly won’t, Trump has not debated once, he won’t take questions from voters. And Haley no longer will debate and doesn’t take questions from voters. So, that’s not I think what people wanna see. I think people want to see you out there, they wanna want you to listen to their concerns, and you should be willing to answer their questions. So, people can count on me to do that," he said. ABC15 asked DeSantis how he thought the event went: “It was unbelievable, I mean that was a huge crowd, people were asking questions," he said in response. As for what's next for DeSantis, he said South Carolina can expect to see a lot of him in the upcoming month.<blockquote>“My wife went to College of Charleston and her parents lived here for a long time, so we know South Carolina pretty well, there’s great spots to it. So, I’m looking forward to spending a lot of time here. We built a great organization here. We have made some stops, but I’ve always told people you’re gonna see a lot of me at the end of January and into February. I look forward to being able to see a lot of sites and sounds over the next month," he said. </blockquote></div></body>

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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) — Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis was in the Grand Strand Saturday as he continued his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential spot ahead of February primaries. Dozens of community members braced the cold Saturday morning as they waited in line outside. An eruption of...