Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, formerly viewed as a prominent rival to Donald Trump in the Republican presidential primary, announced the suspension of his campaign on Sunday and endorsed the former president.
DeSantis, who previously aimed to position himself as an alternative to Trump, announced his decision to endorse Trump through a video on X social media platform.
“Following our second-place finish in Iowa, we’ve prayed and deliberated on the way forward,” DeSantis said. “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.”
“We don’t have a clear path to victory. Accordingly, I am today suspending my campaign,” he continued.
“It’s clear to me that a majority of Republican primary voters want to give Donald Trump another chance,” DeSantis then noted, adding: “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.”
NBC