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Goodbye, Ron DeSantis: Florida governor hits the road with Republican candidate Byron Donalds

From La Nación · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appeared with Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds at The Violet Stone restaurant in a social media video.
  • The appearance followed DeSantis's endorsement of Donalds in the race against Democrat David Jolly to succeed him in the November general election.
  • The politicians discussed the restaurant's cheesesteaks and shared food and popular-culture anecdotes.

Ron DeSantis and Byron Donalds put their recent political rapprochement on display over cheesesteaks, appearing together in the latest episode of the social media series “Diners, Drive-ins & DeSantis.”

The episode was filmed at The Violet Stone, where DeSantis invited Donalds and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier to sample what he called “the best cheesesteak in Florida.” The friendly appearance came after a long initial silence between the two figures following the Republican primary contest.

I am endorsing the entire slate tonight because I know it is important for the state of Florida.

· Ron DeSantisDeSantis endorsed Byron Donalds and other Republican candidates at a state party leadership forum in Tampa.

Florida's general election is scheduled for Nov. 3, with Donalds facing Democrat David Jolly in the contest to replace DeSantis. The governor publicly endorsed Donalds for the first time at the state Republican Party Leadership Forum in Tampa on Sept. 1, saying, “I am endorsing the entire slate tonight because I know it is important for the state of Florida.”

the best cheesesteak in Florida

· Ron DeSantisDeSantis used the phrase when inviting Donalds and James Uthmeier to try the restaurant's food.

During the restaurant visit, owners Dan and Britt described how they started the business four years ago as a food truck after moving from Philadelphia during the COVID-19 pandemic in search of a coastal area. Dan said the shop's distinctive feature was its seeded bread, baked daily in a continuous 24-hour operation. The meal included cheesesteaks with long hot peppers, fries and handmade fried mozzarella.

The conversation also turned to American popular culture. DeSantis recalled the criticism former presidential candidate John Kerry faced more than two decades ago after ordering a Philadelphia cheesesteak with Swiss cheese. At the end of the episode, Donalds recommended Pazzo's on Naples' Fifth Avenue, praising its bone-in veal Milanese chop as “one of the best.”

one of the best bone-in veal Milanese chops. It is phenomenal.

· Byron DonaldsDonalds recommended Pazzo's restaurant in Naples.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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