WATCH: Huge Boat Rally Breaks Out in Florida Supporting Ron DeSantis

One phenomenon of then-President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign was that the level of enthusiasm among his supporters for his reelection was sky-high and triggered scores of spontaneous vehicle and boat parades around the country, including Florida where the former president makes his home.

Now, the Sunshine State’s GOP governor, Ron DeSantis, whose policies have been compared favorably to those enacted by Trump, is generating spontaneous boat parades as well as he tries to get reelected in the fall.

Breitbart News reported Saturday:

Hundreds of boats passed along the St. John’s River in Jacksonville, Florida, last weekend, decorated with patriotic flags. There were flags that read “DeSantis 2022,” “Daddy DeSantis,” “Don’t Tread on Florida,” and “Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Trump.” One boat featured a woman waving with a cardboard cutout of the popular governor as she and others waved to the onlookers aboard the USS Orleck, which was docked along the river in downtown Jacksonville. At times, the speakers blared the song “Sweet Florida,” which praises DeSantis for championing freedom in the Sunshine State.

According to Duval GOP Chairman Dean Black, 1,300 boats participated in the event.

“With over 1,300 boats participating, the first-in-the-nation DeSantis Flotilla was a huge success!” he told Breitbart News.

“I’d like to thank those who came out to show their support for Gov. DeSantis and the volunteers who were crucial in making this event such a success. Floridians are united behind Gov. DeSantis and we look forward to his victory and the victory of Republicans up and down the ballot in November,” he added.

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