Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said Sunday that he has suspended his bid for president in a video posted to X, formerly Twitter.
“I am today suspending my campaign,” DeSantis said in his video, less than two days before the New Hampshire primary election. “I’m proud to have delivered on 100 percent of my promises and I will not stop now.”
The Republican governor then pivoted to his opponent former President Donald Trump, who is the GOP frontrunner.
“It’s clear to me that a majority of Republican primary voters wanna give Donald Trump another chance. They’ve watched his presidency get stymied by relentless resistance and they see Democrats use lawfare to this day to attack him,” he said.
DeSantis then gave Trump his endorsement: “Trump is superior to the current incumbent Joe Biden, that is clear. I signed a pledge to support the Republican nominee and I will honor that pledge. He has my endorsement because we can’t go back to the old Republican guard of yesteryear.”
This is a breaking news story and will be updated when more information becomes available.
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