Ron DeSantis fuels US presidential run speculation with CPAC speech

Florida governor lambasted Biden, media and wokeism' while claiming his state is a bastion of freedom' that defeated Faucism'

Ron DeSantis, the right-wing Republican governor of Florida, has fueled speculation about a future US presidential run with a high profile speech lambasting Joe Biden, the media and what he termed wokeism".

DeSantis, who is both an ally and possible rival to Donald Trump, delivered the attack at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the biggest annual gathering of grassroots conservatives in the US.