Is the FEC blocking a Draft DeSantis bid?

Not only does DeSantis’s approval rating hover around 60% in his home state, which would choose him in a 2024 Republican primary, but he would also beat Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, or any other Democratic candidate if the presidential election were held today. Heck, even CNN has praised his governing strategy.

But there’s a thorn in our side: the Federal Election Commission. Washington’s notoriously partisan campaign finance watchdog is attempting to stop those who support DeSantis from mobilizing to draft him to run for president. The FEC is trying to prevent every single person from engaging in the most basic form of political speech: telling someone they should run for office.

This grassroots effort, which I advise, is the political action committee called Ready for Ron. Our goal is to bring together one million people to persuade DeSantis to run for president.

We have already collected tens of thousands of petition signatures asking DeSantis to run. Signing petitions — for and against legislation, calling for this or that redress of grievances, or seeking to support or oppose any candidate — is the purest form of grassroots organizing. It’s the backbone of democracy.