SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Republican delegates will hear from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during the party’s organizing convention next month.
DeSantis, who is widely believed to be gearing up to challenge former President Donald Trump for the GOP’s presidential nomination in 2024, will speak in person as the keynote speaker April 22, state party Chairman Carson Jorgensen confirmed.
But Jorgensen said the party is more focused on DeSantis’ work as governor, and his visit to Utah isn’t related to his potential presidential run.
“Everybody sees it as such,” Jorgensen said. “But as of now, those things we focus on is him as governor and what he’s done within that state and we’ve wanted to stay out of that. We don’t want this to bleed over into, ‘Oh, this is us leaning toward him, or this is us pushing against Trump or (Nikki) Haley.’ This is just strictly into … the things he’s done as governor.”
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Written by BRIDGER BEAL-CVETKO, KSL.com.