Posted on 01/21/2024 4:27:07 PM PST by libh8er
Ron DeSantis had given up on New Hampshire, turning his campaign towards the more conservative state of South Carolina.
But on Saturday, he was given internal polling data that showed he had no chance of winning the state and would finish far behind former President Donald Trump, according to two sources familiar with discussions.
His aides canceled appearances on the Sunday morning shows as they debated what to do next.
And on Sunday afternoon, the Florida governor formally pulled the plug on his 2024 campaign.
'I can't ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources, if we don't have a clear path to victory,' he said.
The decision took donors and staff at a super PAC backing DeSantis by surprise.
They were traveling to New Hampshire as part of the last push before voters in the state made their decision.
But his prospects there were bleak.
A poll published Sunday morning found he was on course for just six percent of the vote, behind Trump on 50 percent and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on 39 points.
He was already digesting difficult numbers from South Carolina, where he had hoped to get his campaign back on track and where he campaigned at the weekend.
'I think that was the reason for the timing,' said a source familiar with discussions.
A second source close to the DeSantis camp told DailyMail.com: 'They were struggling to explain what the path to the nomination would even look like. That's how bad things were.'
The announcement came hours after Trump had delivered his own South Carolina show of strength.
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I would have loved to have Ron DeSantis as the nominee. Now I’m hoping Donald Trump will pick him for either a cabinet position or his running mate.
Clinton was said to have a 90% chance to win according to polls and pundits. Trump “never backed down”.
Such a great man, such a classy wording of announcement.
I do believe that Governor Ron DeSantis will weather the childish attempts to destroy him (from the GOP contenders), and has POTUS in his future.
And yes, he keeps his word and supports Mister Trump in the general election.
I would have supported him had Trump chose not to run. But he has, so Ron’s time is not now.....he needs to preserve or have a good relationship with Trump if he really wants 2028, IMO.
It looks like the DeSantis team did the math.
You can’t get more racist than that.
;-)
Yeah but let’s not forget the other 535 in DC, some of whom are up for election this term.
Lose the house and not take the senate and where are we?
Now Bird Brain needs to be told the same.
I kind of have a feeling Trump will not trust DeSantis enough now to pick him as a running mate.
In other words, nobody wanted to blow anymore money on a loser.
Best move for his future is to quit now.
Then regroup for 2028.
You see , unlike trump supporters who many here said they would NOT have supported Desantis if he were the nominee over trump, I for a one, as a Desantis supporter say that I am now ready to support trump to make sure he dethrones the vegetable in charge
Here are my candidates for positions
Head of education: Vivek
Head of military : Flynn (loyal)
Secretary of State : desantis
Press secretary: lake
View president ? Rynolds or huckabee ? Or someone else I’m not sure here
Glad DeSantis ran. I pray I get to vote for him some day. May God bless the DeSantis family and our United States.
He looked much better as a hypothetical candidate than he did as a real one. The more voters saw of him, the less they liked him.
If DeSantis has any interest in a long political career, a VP spot isn’t the way to go.
He was my number one , the smartest of the bunch
The best speaker
He now has 5 years to better his style
Rhonda Santis chose to partner with the RINO Establishment...and should be NO WHERE NEAR A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
I like desantis for secretery of state , better then vp
Vp is almost useless
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