DeSantis Disses Value Of Being Endorsed By Trump

Florida Politics reports:

Florida’s Governor may have courted Donald Trump’s endorsement five years ago, but now he’s not sure it means much. That’s the takeaway from comments Ron DeSantis made on Fox News. “I don’t know,” DeSantis told host Bill Hemmer, who asked how much Trump’s endorsement “matters” in 2023.

“I mean, I think our voters always make their own decisions. And they consider, obviously, endorsements, and at that time when he was President, his was the big enchilada. But our voters want to look at you and size you up and they take this responsibility very, very seriously.”

Read the full article. Last month Trump claimed that DeSantis had “tears in his eyes when he begged for my endorsement.

That was then, this is now: @RonDeSantisFL doesn’t ‘know’ how much Donald Trump endorsement ‘matters’ anymore

Reporting by @AGGancarskihttps://t.co/x02E0T3uzc#FlaPol

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