Hi John, 

I’ve been spending lots of time out on the campaign trail meeting thousands of inspiring Americans, so I’m reaching out to you today with the hope of us getting to know each other better.  

By the end of this email, after you’ve heard the story of where I come from, who I am, and why I’m running for President, if you’re ready to join my team, I have something special I’d like to offer you. 

I’ll start by telling you where I come from: My mom, a nurse, and dad, a box installer for Nielsen, moved across the Rust Belt before settling down in Florida, where I was born and raised. After I graduated high school, I worked to pay my way through Yale University as the Team Captain of our baseball team, and then went on to graduate from Harvard Law School. In those years, I aspired for a great career, but when I witnessed the horrific events of September 11th, 2001, nothing else mattered to me except volunteering to serve in our military to defend freedom—no matter the cost.  

I deployed to Iraq with the U.S. Navy as a Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG) Officer in support of SEAL Team 1, and it was the honor of my life to serve alongside fellow patriots, proudly wearing the cloth of my country as a badge of honor on our uniforms. 

After my time in the service, I felt compelled to continue fighting for what’s right and standing up for causes bigger than myself, and I’ve since been blessed to serve my community as a Congressman and now Governor of Florida. During my term as Governor, our nation was faced with COVID-19, and this pandemic exposed just how much leadership matters. It proved that our nation is in decline because elected leaders have lacked the necessary qualities to stay strong, fight for the people they serve, and chart a different course even if it goes against the grain of public opinion. In Florida, we showed that it can be done—success IS attainable—and I've let my record speak for itself. 

Two more titles I’m proud to hold are husband to my incredible wife Casey—the best First Lady I believe this state has ever seen—and father to my 6-, 5-, and 3-year-olds. As a father, I’m having to watch the radical Left shove a political agenda down parents' and kids' throats at every turn. They’re having to face lies that men can get pregnant and that we should embrace feelings of hate and guilt instead of pride in our country. At this rate, if we don’t make a change, we are facing the reality where we become the first generation to leave our children with a worse America than we inherited. 

But, John, we do not have to accept this decline. It CAN be reversed, and I believe we have a responsibility to step up and do it. This cannot wait another four years.  

If you share this belief in a better tomorrow with me, I am humbly asking you to join my team. You should know that every dollar counts in this race, and every contribution to my team goes so much farther than you could know. That’s why, if you join my team by making any donation of just $5 or more, I want to welcome you with a free bumper sticker.  

While we put your contribution to good use out on the trail—reaching new voters, hosting big events, producing all kinds of merchandise, advertising across the country, building our network, raising the resources we need to keep going—you could be making an even bigger impact by spreading the word right where you are. 

I have made it my mission to always lead with conviction, unwavering energy, and with a refusal to back down. With your help, we won’t lose. We will reverse the decline of this country and get the job done.  

You’ll see very quickly I'm not like anyone else in this race. In the state of Florida, everything I promised we would do, we've gotten done, and then some, when's the last time anybody you've elected has over-delivered on their promises? As your next President, I promise I'll do the same thing. It’s time for the Republican party to buck this culture of losing. 

You can count on me, John. I hope I can count on you. 

In Freedom

Ron DeSantis

• Saving livelihoods from job-killing lockdowns and vaccine mandates, 

• Protecting citizens from the harmful impacts of Biden’s border crisis by enacting E-Verify and other bold policies against illegal immigration, such as banning sanctuary cities, 

• Defending parental rights and eliminating CRT,  

• Defunding DEI bureaucracy in higher ed and holding tenured professors accountable,  

• Waging war on woke power-grabs like ESG and central bank digital currency, 

• Enacting the strongest medical freedom laws in the nation, 

• Turning Florida into a model for election integrity, 

• Protecting the unborn,  

• Standing up for the 2nd Amendment by making Florida a constitutional carry state, 

• Expanding education freedom,  

• Prohibiting land purchases by the CCP and related individuals and entities, 

• Lowering prescription drug costs,  

• Holding woke corporations and school unions accountable,  

• Creating a universal school choice program, 

• Delivering record-breaking tax relief,  

• Helping families achieve the American dream of homeownership,  

• Supporting law enforcement and our veterans,  

• Enacting tougher penalties for drug dealers and sex offenders,  

• Appointing seven conservative justices to the Florida Supreme Court, 

• ...and so much more.  

• Record tax relief 

• ESG prohibitions 

• Measures counteracting the influence of the CCP 

• The strongest medical freedom protections in the nation.  

• Reforms reducing the costs of medications by delivering transparency 

• Bold higher education reforms; defunding DEI 

• Improvements to our state’s infrastructure 

• Tough-on-crime, law and order measures, including the death penalty for child rapists 

• The strongest measures protecting Florida from Biden’s border crisis  

• Reforms for paycheck protection , holding accountable wayward school unions 

• Prohibitions on centralized digital currencies in Florida 

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