Casey DeSantis, the first lady of Florida, is reacting to a report about her husband announcing a presidential bid in an unconventional forum.
On Tuesday, Casey DeSantis shared a story that claimed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) will announce a 2024 presidential bid on Twitter.
Writing just three words, she tweeted, āBig if trueā¦ā
She followed up with a smiley face emoji.
Fox News reports, āSources familiar confirmed to Fox News that the popular conservative governor will declare that heās a candidate for president on Wednesday at 6 p.m. ET during a conversation with Elon Musk on Twitter.ā
āAlong with his announcement, DeSantis is expected to file paperwork with the Federal Election Commission, which officially launches his GOP presidential campaign. His first national TV interview following the announcement will be with Fox Newsā Trey Gowdy Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on āFox News Tonight,'ā it added.
The network added the governor will hold a campaign kick-off event later this week.
Ron Desantis has been seen as a potential 2024 candidate.
And several reports indicated he was planning on joining the race sometime after the stateās legislative session ended.
After he cruised to re-election with a nearly 20 percentage point margin, polls appeared to show the governor was in a strong position to beat former President Donald Trump and win his partyās nomination.
However, FiveThirtyEightās aggregator of polls shows Trump now leads the Florida governor, receiving 53.5% of the vote while Ron Desantis garners 20.8% nationally.
An adviser to Trump knocked the report about the Florida governorās campaign announcement plan, telling CBS Newsā Robert Costa on Tuesday, āAnnouncing on Twitter is perfect for Ron Desantis. This way he doesnāt have to interact with people and the media canāt ask him any questions.ā
Trumpās super PAC, MAGA Inc., has already reportedly spent $15.3 million attacking Ron Desantis, which is roughly the same amount it spent to boost Republican candidates ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.