All people have oddities within the methods they communicate. But these of presidential candidates are uncovered greater than most. All day, the candidates speak. And speak. And speak. Sometimes in scripted stump speeches, generally in off-the-cuff remarks to voters and the news media.

And few speak greater than Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, who, in attempting to make up his deficit within the polls, will on a typical day host 5 occasions for voters, sit for 3 interviews on tv and maintain a gaggle with reporters.

Over the weeks and months on the marketing campaign path, one among Mr. DeSantis’s most curious verbal quirks has change into clear: the best way he generally makes use of the phrase “do.”

During a CNN debate final week, Mr. DeSantis pledged to assist seniors afford prescribed drugs.

“I want seniors to be able to do,” he mentioned.

Not “do” one thing. Just do. There isn’t any phrase lacking. That’s the complete quote. In Mr. DeSantis’s parlance, the verb doesn’t at all times require a direct object.

Similarly, at a barbecue restaurant in Ames, Iowa, the subsequent day, he mentioned that as president he would defund the United Nations. “You’re going to see a lot of changes into how we do,” he vowed.

Discussing the freezing climate with a crowd of Iowans, the Florida-born Mr. DeSantis remarked that when the temperature fell under zero, “with the windchill on just your exposed skin, it really, really starts to do.”

And when a voter in Decorah requested if he would transfer the Department of Agriculture’s headquarters to Iowa, the governor mentioned sure — in his typical style.

“Iowa has first dibs on the Department of Agriculture,” a grinning Mr. DeSantis replied. “You guys want it, we’re going to do!”

For Mr. DeSantis, who pitches himself as a take-charge, get-it-done chief, “do” is not only a verb. It might be an concept, a promise, a technique to remedy the issues that bedevil America. All of us can — and may — do.

Of course, Mr. DeSantis additionally makes use of the phrase within the extra conventional sense. But ask him if he thinks his rigorous campaigning schedule will assist him win the Iowa caucuses on Monday?

“I’ve done it right, I think Iowans appreciate that,” he mentioned. “And we’re going to do.”