Florida governor Ron DeSantis denies plans for 2028 presidential run, calls report ‘fabricated’

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has pushed back against a report that he is preparing to seek the Republican nomination for president in 2028, accusing The Washington Post of inventing claims about his political plans.The newspaper reported on Friday, citing three people briefed on the matter, that DeSantis was making preparations for another White House campaign. The governor rejected the account in a post on X, saying he had not contacted anyone about a possible run.“The Washington Post is fabricating this out of whole cloth.

I have not reached out to anybody about running for anything. Just another pathetic attempt to garner clicks.

Using anonymous sources of course!” DeSantis wrote.The report emerged days after Democrats made significant gains in the November 3 midterm elections, winning control of Congress. Florida, however, remained a Republican stronghold, with the party retaining the governor's office.Republican Byron Donalds defeated Democrat David Jolly in the Florida gubernatorial race, becoming the state's first Black governor.