Both stumbled at the start of their presidential campaigns against popular front-runners. Obama overcame his problems his problems in 2008 and won the nomination. Can DeSantis do the same next year?

DeSantis said Trump "deported less, believe it or not, than Barack Obama even did." Federal data tracking the removals, returns and expulsions of noncitizens supports this claim.

Ron DeSantis. Statement: Donald Trump “deported less, believe it or not, than Barack Obama even did." Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that if elected president, he’d do better at deporting ...

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough compared Gov. Ron DeSantis to former President Barack Obama while discussing a potential matchup between the Florida governor and Donald Trump in the 2024 Republican ...

A major donor and Republican activist behind Ron DeSantis's Florida gubernatorial campaign, Steven M. Alembik, deleted a tweet calling former President Barack Obama the n-word and a "Muslim." ...

DeSantis' first memoir sold over 94,000 copies in its first week, a number that includes preorders. The first week of sales eclipsed those of Donald Trump, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis once strongly supported arming Ukraine to fight Russia, urging then-President Barack Obama to do so as a deterrent to Russian aggression in Eastern Europe – a position ...

David Plouffe, who was the campaign manager for Barack Obama's successful 2008 presidential campaign, graded the candidacy of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as "terrible." DAVID PLOUFFE: You know, to ...

Ron DeSantis, Florida's Republican candidate for governor, said he would not return money donated by a man who called former President Barack Obama a "Muslim n*****," the Associated Press reported.

DeSantis said Trump "deported less, believe it or not, than Barack Obama even did." Federal data tracking the removals, returns and expulsions of noncitizens supports this claim.

Statement: Donald Trump “deported less, believe it or not, than Barack Obama even did." Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that if elected president, he’d do better at deporting people who are ...