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“It is clear to me that the majority of Republican voters in the primary want to give Donald Trump another chance,” he explains in a video published on X.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced “suspend your campaign» in a video published on the social networkIt is clear to me that the majority of Republican primary voters want to give Donald Trump another chance.” Ron DeSantis assured that he would support the winner of the primary, and that he wants to get rid of “former Republican elites like Nikki Haley”. Implicit support for the former American president.
This resignation follows the publication of a poll by CNN and the University of New Hampshire giving Donald Trump at 50% of voters’ voting intentions and Nikki Haley, former governor of South Carolina at 39%.
Ron DeSantis, with firm positions on immigration and abortion, came second during the Iowa caucuses on Monday, far behind Donald Trump, with 21% of the vote against 51% for the former president. “I can’t ask our volunteers to donate their time and money if we don’t have a clear path to victory“, he justified in his video. “I had disagreements with Donald Trump, like on the coronavirus pandemic“, but “Trump is better than the current incumbent, Joe Biden», added the 45-year-old man. His announcement comes two days before the primaries in New Hampshire.