CPAC 2022: DeSantis stuck playing the waiting game with Trump over 2024

He did tap into the main theme of this year’s CPAC, “Awake, not woke,” by citing his “anti-woke” bill that was just passed by the Florida House. He also echoed his anti-COVID-restriction message from 2021, calling countries with strict measures such as Canada or Australia examples of nations “chafing under authoritarian rule all across the world.