Former President Trump spoke Saturday at the Florida Freedom Summit event at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee.
Trump will be sharing the stage with several of his GOP rivals including Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Tim Scott, Nikki Haley, and Chris Christie. Here are all the details on the summit including the all-day live stream, speaking schedule, and how to watch the summit free online.
Trump Delivers Headline Speech at Florida Freedom Summit in Kissimmee, Florida
When: Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023
Time: 6:00 pm ET
Where: Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee, FL (Directions)
Full Video: Watch Below
Full Video – Trump Speaks at Florida Freedom Summit (Nov. 4)
Ron DeSantis Speech
Vivek Ramaswamy Speech
Speaking Schedule
All times Eastern
Morning Schedule
- 8:30 am Registration Open
- 9:00 am Doors Open-Screening of Rigged: The Zuckerberg Funded Plot to Defeat Donald Trump
- 10:00 am Welcome Remarks
- 10:30 am Governor Asa Hutchinson
- 10:45 am Governor Doug Burgum
- 11:00 am U.S. Senator Rick Scott
- 11:25 am Ambassador Nikki Haley
- 11:45 am Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson
Afternoon Schedule
- 12:00 pm Governor Chris Christie
- 12:15 pm CFO Jimmy Patronis
- 12:30 pm A.G. Ashley Moody
- 12:45 pm Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez
- 1:00 pm Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler
- 1:15 pm Financing Freedom
- Featuring: Omeed Malik, President of 1789 Capital and Former Florida A.G. Pam Bondi
- 1:30 pm Governor Ron DeSantis
- 2:30 pm Israel: Where we are today, where we go from here.
- Featuring: RJC Florida Director Matthew Bogdanoff, Congressman Michael Waltz, Congressman Cory Mills, and State Rep. Randy Fine
- 3:00 pm The Power Of The Digital Citizen
- Featuring: Congresswoman Kat Cammack, Chris Pavlovski (CEO, Rumble) and Michael Seifert (CEO, PublicSquare)
- 3:40 pm U.S. Senator Tim Scott
- 4:00 pm Tiffany Justice, Founder, Moms for Liberty
- 4:20 pm Congressman Byron Donalds
- 4:40 pm Vivek Ramaswamy
- 5:05 pm Congressman Matt Gaetz
- 5:30 pm Get Active – Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler
- 5:45 pm Michael Seifert, Founder and CEO, PublicSquare
- 6:00 pm President Donald J. Trump
While Trump is sharing the stage this weekend with Florida’s own Ron DeSantis, it’ll be the governor who’s there in a defensive posture, as the Orlando Sentinel reports:
Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign returns to Florida this weekend, but it’s not shaping up to be a happy homecoming as the governor continues to fall further behind Republican frontrunner Donald Trump.
The state GOP’s 2023 Florida Freedom Summit at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Kissimmee on Saturday is scheduled to include all the major Republican candidates as speakers, meaning DeSantis has a rare opportunity to directly take on his biggest rival knowing that Trump will be waiting in the wings.
But the event comes as DeSantis continues to flounder in the polls, especially in Iowa, where he has focused his campaign seeking an early upset. After state party leaders sided with Trump in September to drop the loyalty pledge for GOP candidates in the Florida primary, DeSantis’ stature at home is diminishing.
“DeSantis won’t be the hero in the room,” said David Jolly, a former Republican congressman from St. Petersburg and co-founder of the Forward Party. “That’s an unusual feeling for the Florida governor … But Donald Trump is the pick of Republicans, and that includes Florida Republicans. And Ron DeSantis knows that. Whether he’s accepted that or not, it’s just a matter of time.”
Despite DeSantis’ popularity in Florida, Trump retains strong allegiance from state party leaders around the country. As noted above, the Florida GOP originally required some kind of “loyalty pledge” from candidates to appear on the primary ballot. At the request of Trump, who has typically refused to sign loyalty pledges at any level, the party dropped the requirement.
DeSantis, previously untouchable in Florida, has lost clout over the past few months as GOP leaders begin picking sides in the upcoming presidential primary.
Watch live at the stream above for all-day coverage of all the candidates capping off with Trump’s headline speech at 6 pm ET. Follow the Trump rally schedule for details on all upcoming campaign events.
