Posted on 11/02/2023 9:00:05 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Republican elected officials in Florida are expected to flip their endorsements from Gov. Ron DeSantis to former President Donald Trump next week, NBC News reported Wednesday.
After DeSantis received the backing of 99 state legislators, allies of the former president have orchestrated an effort in the state to switch them to Trump, two sources familiar told NBC News. As many as six of the state’s GOP elected officials will likely announce their support for Trump as early as next week after the Florida Freedom Summit Saturday and amid the third GOP presidential debate Wednesday in Miami, which the former president is skipping to hold a rally in the state.
“It’s coming,” a source familiar told NBC News. “Exact number not yet said, but it will be close to 10.”
A GOP lobbyist in the state, who is not involved in the effort, said that “at least five” can be expected to switch their endorsements to Trump and told NBC News that “there is no doubt that there are more coming next week.”
Trump is also hosting an event at Mar-a-Lago “honoring the Republican Party of Florida” the day following the debate and his rally, according to a copy of an invitation obtained by NBC News.
The move from Trump’s allies comes after they effectively killed the Florida GOP’s loyalty pledge to support the eventual nominee, which was endorsed by DeSantis and mirrored after the Republican National Committee’s requirement to debate, to participate in the state’s primary.
“In the lead-up to the repeal of the loyalty oath, state executive committee members were invited to a Mar-a-Lago event,” a veteran Republican in the state told NBC News. “It seems like a solid approach to win over grassroots leaders that have been largely ignored by the DeSantis operation during the re-elect and the presidential campaign to this point.”
Trump has secured endorsements from the majority of Florida’s Republican congressional delegation, including Reps. Anna Paulina Luna, Matt Gaetz, Byron Donalds, Carlos Giménez, Cory Mills, Greg Steube, Vern Buchanan and John Rutherford.
For a 2024 Republican primary in Florida, Trump is leading the field by 35 points, followed by DeSantis with 22%, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley with 7%, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie with 2% and all other GOP hopefuls with 1% support or less, according to a Fabrizio, Lee & Associates survey released Oct. 4.
Neither DeSantis nor Trump immediately responded to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s requests for comment.Republished with permission from The Daily Caller News Foundation.
The beginning of the end for meatball.
There is going to be more and more of a drum beat to unite behind the frontrunner.
Did anyone besides me notice that Byran Donalds voted no on Censuring Pro-Terrorist Rashida Tlaib.
DeSantis enablers now crying in their beer.
A year ago DeSantis was the one. Now, nothing. I seriously am not sure why?
The end for Rump the Hump will be the jailhouse and DeSantis will then move into the position for the nomination get on board and get off the soon to be derailed trumpet train
“The end for Rump the Hump will be the jailhouse and DeSantis will then move into the position for the nomination get on board and get off the soon to be derailed trumpet train”
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Well, good luck with that!
He was never the one, lol.
Which begs the question how would he vote in censoring a member of the House who’s comments and ideology were just as loudly in support of white supremecy?
You fool. Even if Trump is jailed and the GOP tries to keep him off the ballot we will write him in. And if you schemers succeed in stealing the nomination from him, we’ll just leave the GOP and the party will sink into permanent irrelevancy.
But keep on thinking you can be a party in rebellion against its own voters and see what happens.
Since a year ago DeSantis has allied himself with the same GOPe creeps and Big $ donor that surrendered to Democrats and attacked Trump when he was president. Now he's just waiting for the Biden DOJ to use the corrupt legal system to imprison President Trump. To hell with DeSantis the meat puppet.
GFY.
And so it ends.
The bush league chamber of commerce worshipping republiCAN’Ts have succeeded in “tea partying” Ron DeSantis.
You see, what he accomplished in Florida was just not acceptable to the bush leaguers.
He had to be destroyed.
They took him under their wing, fed him full of cash and BS, got it so he could not even be re-elected in his own state, then abandoned him.
This is what they did to the tea party.
The gop-e is evil beyond belief.
They need to be destroyed.
At all costs.
...and Harriet Hageman (R-WY) who destroyed Lez Cheney in the primary.
HH’s vote, like Donalds, was another huge surprise & disappointment
Yes, but it is DeSantis’ own fault that he listened to the Bush League and took their money. He could have, and should have, told them to stuff it where the sun don’t shine.
As a result he went from odds-on favorite in 2028 to an untouchable in any year at any time. He exposed himself by listening to the serpent, and then taking its money. Horrendous judgement. Now he’s unelectable, maybe even in his home state.
Waaaay past time for you to stop
DeSantis is still running?
How can you tell?
Oh, I agree!!!
But, you have to look at the pure evil he was presented.
Yeah, when the word first got out that he was talking to them, people could just not believe that he would fall for their crap.
Yet, he did.
Nobody knows what they will do when suitcases stuffed with cash are presented to you.
He took the money.
Better that we find out now.
But keep on thinking you can be a party in rebellion against its own voters and see what happens.
If the GOPE (handmaidens to the Deep State) succeed in keeping Trump off the Republican ballot, then the GOP will collapse like the Whigs.
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