Ron DeSantis Comes Clean About Trump’s Endorsement: “I knew that a Trump endorsement would provide me with the exposure to GOP primary voters across the State of Florida”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) came clean about former President Donald Trump’s endorsement being key in his 2018 attempt to become governor in a hotly contested primary and a too close for comfort general election.
DeSantis has a new book coming out, “The Courage to Be Free,” where he talks about the key endorsement which is now a point of contention between the two frontrunners for the GOP presidential nomination.
Ron writes: “I knew that a Trump endorsement would provide me with the exposure to GOP primary voters across the State of Florida, and I was confident that many would see me as a good candidate once they learned about my record.
“I had developed a good relationship with the president largely because I supported his initiatives in Congress and opposed the Russia collusion conspiracy theory.
“Trump also brought a unique star power to the race.
“If someone had asked me, as a kid growing up in the eighties and nineties, to name someone who was rich, I – and probably nearly all my friends – would have responded by naming Donald Trump.”
Trump recently called out Ron on Truth Social saying:
“Florida was doing GREAT long before Ron DeSanctus got there,.
“People are fleeing from New York to Florida (and other places) because of high TAXES and out of control CRIME, not because of Governor (thank you President Trump!) DeSanctimonious.”