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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is visiting Michigan on Thursday, marking his first appearance there this year, amid speculation that he could enter the race for the White House in 2024.He is slated to speak at a Midland County GOP event and Christian Hillsdale College. In central Michigan, Midland-area Republican State Rep. Bill G. Schuette said the county party wanted to hear more about DeSantis’ perspectives and proposals, in comparison to Michigan, which Schuette described as the “anti-Florida.”The appearance is expected to draw more than 200 demonstrators to rally outside, according to protest organizers.DESANTIS, TRUMP TO HEADLINE NRA FORUM THAT WILL LIKELY SHOWCASE 2024 RIVALS Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gives a political speech at the Cradle of Aviation Museum, April 1, 2023, in Garden City, New York. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)While DeSantis has not yet officially announced his 2024 presidential candidacy, his name has been in the headlines as a top GOP rival to former President Trump for months.The Florida governor already has some support from lawmakers. Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie and Texas Rep. Chip Roy have endorsed DeSantis, and Republican Michigan House Speaker Bryan Posthumus flew to Florida at the end of last year to deliver a letter signed by 18 other state House Republicans encouraging a presidential bid. “When he becomes an actual candidate, I will be doing another letter saying we endorse you for President of the United States of America,” Posthumus told The Associated Press. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at a press conference in Marshall, Michigan, on Feb. 13, 2023, in Romulus, Michigan. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)GAVIN NEWSOM MAKES SURPRISE STOP AT FLORIDA COLLEGE TO ATTACK DESANTIS: ‘CRAWLING OUT OF MY SKIN FOR YOU’Michigan voters have largely rejected Republicans since Trump won the state seven years ago. Democrats control the statewide offices of governor, attorney general and secretary of state, in addition to holding majorities in the Legislature. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gives a political speech at the Cradle of Aviation Museum, April 1, 2023, in Garden City, New York. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)With full control of the Statehouse for the first time in 40 years, Michigan Democrats have prioritized further protecting reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights that are being rolled back in Republican-led states across the nation.While Florida has begun passing a six-week abortion ban backed by DeSantis, Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Wednesday repealing a 1931 abortion ban. She called out Florida and other Republican-led states for taking steps to pass “un-American, anti-free and, frankly, sickening,” abortion laws.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPPosthumus said that what DeSantis has done in Florida is the “polar opposite” of what Whitmer has done in Michigan – possibly the fifth state to hold its Republican primary.The Associated Press contributed to this report.

EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was “taking the Chinese position” on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine when the potential Republican 2024 contender called the war a “territorial dispute.”During an interview with Fox News Digital on Friday, the South Carolina lawmaker and military veteran was asked whether he was concerned about the current front-runners for the GOP presidential nomination — DeSantis, who is expected to announce a White House bid, and former President Donald Trump, who already has — both having a more skeptical position of the current level of U.S. aid to Ukraine than more establishment members of their party.”Governor DeSantis, who I respect, is basically taking the Chinese position when it comes to Russia’s invasion,” Graham said.”China calls this a territorial dispute. This is not a territorial dispute. This is an invasion of a sovereign democracy by [Vladimir Putin’s] Russia, barbaric in nature.”DESANTIS RATTLES ESTABLISHMENT GOP AFTER SAYING US INTEREST IN UKRAINE-RUSSIA WAR IS NOT ‘VITAL’ Sen. Lindsey Graham is among the most vocal supporters of continued U.S. aid to Ukraine in Congress (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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