BREAKING: DeSantis Drops Out And Endorses Trump

Bloomberg News reports:

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida suspended his campaign for president on Sunday, just two days before the New Hampshire primary election, and endorsed former President Donald J. Trump.

It marked a spectacular implosion for a candidate once seen as having the best chance to dethrone Mr. Trump as the Republican Party’s nominee in 2024.

But Mr. DeSantis’s devastating 30-percentage-point loss to Mr. Trump in the Iowa caucuses last Monday had left him facing a daunting question: Why keep going? On Sunday, he provided his answer, acknowledging there was no point in soldiering on.

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UPDATE: His endorsement of Trump is below.

Ron DeSantis planning to drop out and endorse Trump, per Bloomberg pic.twitter.com/FfG5t2wHD8

— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) January 21, 2024

DeSantis to drop out of presidential race today we are told.

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 21, 2024

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

– Winston Churchill pic.twitter.com/ECoR8YeiMm

— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) January 21, 2024