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DeSantis Drops Out of Presidential Race and Endorses Trump
New York Times ^ | January 21, 2024 | Staff

Posted on 01/21/2024 1:14:48 PM PST by silent majority rising

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To: silent majority rising

Anybody who thinks Haley is “in this race” is stupid.

Trump is going to completely destroy her on every level.


21 posted on 01/21/2024 1:33:15 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: silent majority rising

Ron DeSantis suspends his presidential bid and endorses ...

NBC News

https://www.nbcnews.com › politics › 2024-election › r...
17 minutes ago — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, once seen as the most formidable opponent to Donald Trump in the Republican presidential primary, suspended his ...

Ron DeSantis Drops Out of 2024 Presidential Race and ...

The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com › U.S. › Politics
18 minutes ago — The Florida governor, who once appeared to be Donald Trump’s most daunting challenger, ran a costly, turbulent campaign that failed to catch ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis drops out of 2024 presidential ...

Fox News
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37 minutes ago — Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., joins ‘Fox News Sunday’ to forecast the 2024 presidential election as GOP candidates continue to trail Donald Trump ...


22 posted on 01/21/2024 1:33:33 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Trust no one, who is not a proven and valued/trusty one or a family member or a long time friend! )
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To: chajin

BOL!!!!:

Welcome back to Florida, Ron; the weather here is pretty d*mn good this time of year.

18 posted on 1/21/2024, 1:31:55 PM by chajin


23 posted on 01/21/2024 1:37:28 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Trust no one, who is not a proven and valued/trusty one or a family member or a long time friend! )
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To: Living Free in NH

Where does that endorsement at best Governor in America come from? I’m pretty sick of seeing that flag strung up to salute. Great state which DeSantis has ignored and used as a platform.

DeSantis is 15th most popular in this ranking and IMO he would be even lower rated today.

https://247wallst.com/special-report/2023/07/07/most-and-least-popular-republican-governors/

Ron DeSantis’ job approval rating is now split in Florida.

That’s according to a new poll out yesterday from Florida Atlantic University. In July, a majority of Florida voters approved of the job DeSantis was doing as governor (Mason Dixon polling had even higher approval for him back in March). But in the latest FAU poll, released Thursday, the governor’s approval in the state was almost exactly split, showing a drop of roughly four percentage points in four months.

The figures were tucked into a larger report that projected Donald Trump would triumph over DeSantis in Florida’s presidential primary, despite a growing majority of Florida voters having unfavorable views of the former president. To arrive at the results, Mainstreet Research surveyed 946 registered voters over text from Oct. 27 to Nov. 11 across every Florida region.

While these numbers are just a snapshot in time, they show the governor’s approval is trending downward in his home state, especially among certain demographics. When DeSantis resoundingly won reelection a year ago, he attracted a diverse coalition of voters that included Independents, women and Hispanics.

But DeSantis’ support from Independent voters in Florida has taken a nosedive, the poll shows, with almost 60 percent saying they disapprove of the job he is doing as governor — a nearly 14-point increase from July.

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/florida-playbook/2023/11/17/florida-starts-turning-on-desantis-00127753

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1307107/favorability-ron-desantis-us/


24 posted on 01/21/2024 1:39:54 PM PST by JayGalt
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To: Georgia Girl 2

President Trump very classy says he is honored to have Gov
DeSantis’s endorsement. Now, it’s time to Ballot harvest.


25 posted on 01/21/2024 1:40:17 PM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND LEFTISM! AMERICA, COWBOY UP!)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
He showed everyone what a total deepstate tool he is.

How did he do that?
26 posted on 01/21/2024 1:41:09 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: silent majority rising

Nimrod-duh is a person?

She’s a GOPee bot.


27 posted on 01/21/2024 1:42:24 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: cowboyusa
Now, it’s time to Ballot harvest.

That's a given - no Republican nominee can win the White House in the foreseeable future without at least contending for harvested ballots. Hopefully Trump and his campaign realize that and they have a ballot harvesting system in place in states which allow it.
28 posted on 01/21/2024 1:43:15 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: silent majority rising

Too bad he did it way too late. He destroyed his own career in the process.


29 posted on 01/21/2024 1:44:22 PM PST by FLT-bird
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To: cowboyusa

I suppose it is time to bury the hatchet and Ron DeSantis & Donald Trump have started the process.
Unite and move forward to save the Country.
I’m going to strive to be part of that process (moving forward from my last post)


30 posted on 01/21/2024 1:44:42 PM PST by JayGalt
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To: silent majority rising

He was never running anyway. It’s pretty obvious Ron’s entire campaign was a put on to make Trump look better and better...


31 posted on 01/21/2024 1:45:14 PM PST by LeoTDB69
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To: silent majority rising

Congratulations and thanks to RDS for doing the right thing.

Perhaps some use can be made of him in the future.


32 posted on 01/21/2024 1:47:08 PM PST by Jim Noble (Assez des mensonges et des phrases)
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To: silent majority rising
DeSantis stayed just long enough to completely destroy his Consequential Conservative image as Governor of Florida.

From a landslide reelection in 2022, to a man with no political future - in just six months.

33 posted on 01/21/2024 1:47:32 PM PST by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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To: silent majority rising

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


34 posted on 01/21/2024 1:49:05 PM PST by CarolinaReaganFan
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To: AnotherUnixGeek; Georgia Girl 2

From https://floridapolitics.com/archives/569383-trump-desantis-endorse/ :

Less than 24 hours after dubbing him “Ron DeSanctimonious” during a rally in Pennsylvania, Trump steered clear of expanding criticism during a Miami event. Instead he endorsed his re-election.

“You’re going to re-elect Ron DeSantis as Governor of your state,” he said, finally endorsing after months of narrative suggesting Trump and DeSantis were at odds.
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Have to disagree. Trump made a statement that was generously counted as an endorsement, but he was already worried about DeSantis even before he announced his own second run.

I doubt Trump would endorse DeSantis if the situation was reversed, considering everything he’s done to DeSantis.


35 posted on 01/21/2024 1:53:02 PM PST by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: LeoTDB69

The longer he stayed in the race the more Ron looked like Michael Dukakis.


36 posted on 01/21/2024 1:57:19 PM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: silent majority rising

I knew it!

But Haley’s the worst! I hope she goes soon.


37 posted on 01/21/2024 1:59:34 PM PST by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: zeestephen

https://compactmag.com/article/ron-desantis-is-the-gop-s-liz-warren


38 posted on 01/21/2024 2:00:11 PM PST by definitelynotaliberal (I believe it! He's alive! Sweet Jesus!)
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To: hardspunned

She’s looking to be the #2, however distant, for if some effort from the Deep State does manage to sideline Trump.

She could also be forced onto his ticket if he doesn’t have the convention buttoned down.


39 posted on 01/21/2024 2:01:44 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Heh. “Unity.”


40 posted on 01/21/2024 2:02:32 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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