Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tells Illinois crowd that Biden’s reelection would leave US ‘unrecognizable’

PEORIA, Ill. — Ahead of the expected launch of a bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis warned a central Illinois audience of GOP faithful Friday night that if President Joe Biden is reelected and other Democrats also win office, “the country is going to be unrecognizable.” In a speech of about 40 minutes inside an airy ballroom at the Peoria Civic Center, DeSantis blamed Democrats for “obliterating communities throughout this country,” including Chicago, while promoting his own policies in the areas including education and criminal justice that are mean...