Unlike Nimrata, Ron DeSantis is admitting that he will eventually endorse Trump after he drops out of the GOP race. DeSantis is polling in the single digits in New Hampshire and in third place in South Carolina. He hasn’t got much longer to go in these primaries so this is good to hear. Pig Cavuto of Fox News wasn’t happy.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis told Fox News that he will endorse the eventual Republican nominee if he is forced to eventually suspend his own presidential campaign.
Fox News host Neil Cavuto asked the Florida governor for his thoughts on the race after spending significant time and resources in Iowa. The Hawkeye State was widely viewed as a must-win for DeSantis, who secured an endorsement from Governor Kim Reynolds while emphasizing visits to every county.
“I can tell you this though, if you look at Iowa, we did it right. We got the endorsement of the governor, we won the debates, the Miami debate, the Newsom debate, the News Nation debate, the CNN debate, we did televised town halls, got great response,” DeSantis said. Cavuto followed up by noting that the strategy failed to win a single county after a record-breaking blowout win from former President Trump.
“And how many people would have been able to handle $50 million in ads? How many people would have been able to handle all the headwinds we did? We had a very uphill battle. We dug in and we executed and we did run hard. We did do well,” DeSantis replied. “And what we got was traditionally what is considered good in a caucus. Nobody’s gotten 50 percent before. You know, this is something where you have a de facto incumbent president. So we’re proud of the effort that we did there. I think we did it right.”