Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis drops out of race, endorses Donald Trump

Florida Gov. and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSandis dropped his bid for the White House on Sunday after failing to rally support from other contenders, saying there is no “clear path to victory.”

He also said he supports former President Donald Trump in his run for the White House.

The 45-year-old was seen as a strong voice against the former president’s election campaign that began in May last year. His online presence was initially marred by the glitches he encountered in the Twitter space – the platform now called X.

Ron DeSantis told X: “Now, after our second-place finish in Iowa, we’ve prayed and thought about the path forward,” the Florida governor said, adding that “if I could do anything to have a favorable result, more campaign stops, more interviews, I would do it.”

“But I cannot ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources. We do not have a clear path to victory. Therefore, I am suspending my campaign today,” a onetime Trump ally said during the duration of the video. message to X.

“It’s clear to me that the majority of Republican primary voters want to give Donald Trump another chance,” he said. “

“He has my support because we can’t go back to the old Republican guard of the past, a repackaged form of warm corporatism that Nikki Haley represents,” De Sandys said, criticizing the former US ambassador to the United Nations.