Posted on 01/21/2024 12:39:15 PM PST by conservative98
The Governor is backing the former President after all.
Ron DeSantis is out of the presidential race and is endorsing Donald Trump.
In a video released Sunday, the Republican candidate suspended his campaign, after a distant second place finish in Iowa, an expected even more distant third place in the Granite State, and an uncertain path for delegates ahead.
“Now, following our second place finish in Iowa, we’ve prayed and deliberated on the way forward. If there was anything I could do to produce a favorable outcome, more campaign stops, more interviews, I would do it. But I can’t ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources if we don’t have a clear path to victory accordingly. I am today suspending my campaign.”
The Governor’s exit makes the GOP contest a two-person race between Nikki Haley and Trump, who DeSantis endorsed without reservation.
“Now, it’s clear to me that a majority of Republican primary voters want to give Donald Trump another chance. They watched his presidency get stymied by relentless resistance and they see Democrats using lawfare to this day to attack him.”
“While I’ve had disagreements with Donald Trump, such as on the coronavirus pandemic and his elevation of Anthony Fauci, Trump is superior to the current incumbent Joe Biden,” DeSantis said.
“I signed a pledge to support the Republican nominee and I will honor that pledge. He has my endorsement because we can’t go back to the old Republican Guard of yesteryear: A repackaged form of warmed over corporatism that Nikki Haley represents. The days of putting Americans last of kowtowing to large corporations of caving to woke ideology are over.”
DeSantis’ effective exit from the race comes after a cycle that launched with great hype that went underfulfilled.
The Florida Governor’s glitch-filled kickoff on Twitter Spaces with Elon Musk, an alternative to a more conventional launch at a baseball field in DeSantis’ hometown of Dunedin, was a metaphor for a campaign that arrayed more than $82 million of seed money transferred to his super PAC from his former state PAC, an effort that promised a 50-state strategy to clear the field, but did not count on the enduring popularity of the former President.
The Governor embarked on a strategy to get endorsements from state legislators in early states, such as Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina, and visited many of these places, finding connections between their conservative governance and that enjoyed in Florida. But despite heavy spending and lots of travel, he didn’t get traction in polls.
He expressed regrets in recent weeks, suggesting that Trump’s legal issues derailed the race, and saying recently he should have done more “corporate media.”
There will be plenty of time for him to figure out what went wrong, but for now, the Governor will return to the job he was elected to perform.
meatball Ron has ended any chance of running in 28.
No senate run either.
I’ll spend my money on his opponents.
don’t go away mad...just go away
#MAGA
Reagan lost the nomination to (incumbent) Ford in 1976 but came back to win the presidency four years later.
Yes, they do, all the time. Most politicians are not motivated as much by ideology as ego.
Most of the GOP field probably expected the lawfare to take out Trump before the primaries actually started. If that had happened they would would have absolutely been needed.
I am still not convinced that their have been enough reforms to push Trump over the margin of cheat. Several of the swing states he won the first time are pretty much off the table. He won the first time because they weren't expecting the amount of support he had.
The only thing that has changed since 2020 is the amount of hopium being smoked.
He’s been a great Governor for Florida, I will grant him that.
Do you think he might be angling for a VP pick or a cabinet position?
Good concession speech.
Nope. Nice try but MAGA dos not go up against MAGA.
MAGA people supported Trump. Who supported Ron? Ron was backed by
People who feared Trump, and he was okay with that.
That alone spoke volumes to me.
Why do you have to say something idiotic like the Deep State “used” DeSantis?
“The best VPs tend to be low-key political figures who don’t make good presidential candidates”
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Richard Nixon
George H.W. Bush
Not rock-ribbed conservatives, to be sure, but hardly poor candidates. Nixon, of course, would have won in 1960 but for Joe Kennedy buying the election, and Bush slaughtered Dukakis (albeit on Reagan’s coattails).
People who make poor candidates tend to have all of the charisma of a tree stump - and maybe that’s DeSantis, but I think that 4 good years of Trump plus some polish might change that a bit. I would love 12 consecutive years of those two, it might actually turn this country around.
“Hey Ron, it’s OK to shut down now. The last check cleared.”
The Grifters all got paid.
“we can’t go back to the old Republican Guard of yesteryear: A repackaged form of warmed over corporatism that Nikki Haley represents. The days of putting Americans last of kowtowing to large corporations of caving to woke ideology are over.”
Good for you Ron!
Who will that psycho Laura Loomer stalk now?
It took him almost a year. I wrote in March 2023 that the presidential nominating race was already over, and President Trump won.
“Reagan lost the nomination to (incumbent) Ford in 1976 but came back to win the presidency four years later.”
That came to my mind also. Let’s stop the DeSantis derangement syndrome. Trump can’t do it all forever. We need more thinking conservatives, like DeSantis. No one, not DeSantis, not Trump, not you or me, is perfect but Trump and DeSantis have been willing to take abuse from the press while trying to serve America and Americans. Halley is out there to take media praise. If someone can’t see the difference, they are blind.
I stated my opinion, no more, no less. I have learned not to trust politicians, especially politicians who are lawyers, Republicans and Democrats alike. DeSantis hasn’t earned my trust. He is too closely tied to the GOPe/RINO big money segment of the deep state.
DeSantis needs to go home to Florida and do his job to the best of his ability for the rest of his term. Once he leaves office, he can look to the future. If he chooses to run again, that’s fine, but he needs to work hard to define himself as more than just someone who isn’t Trump.
If he’s the best option in 2028, I would certainly vote for him.
He was banking on Trump going down in GA.
Fanni and her house of shame and thievery changed all that.
Desanctimonius will never be presidential material. Ever!
Your Moms told me so.
Nancy Drew.
Poor little ‘homo🕺🏻
I don’t like him still.
We saw who Rob really was. No pretending to like Trump can repair what he did.
By your definition DE-sanctimonious would be a perfect fit forVP.
Clown. Boy! Soory ya lost !!
Mike Pence was low-key. Bush I was low-key. Joe Biden and Al Gore were dopey.
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