{"id":571338,"date":"2023-04-22T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-trump-turned-the-tables-on-desantis\/"},"modified":"2023-04-22T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T10:00:00","slug":"how-trump-turned-the-tables-on-desantis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-trump-turned-the-tables-on-desantis\/","title":{"rendered":"#How Trump turned the tables on DeSantis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/trumpdonald_041423ap_trump-endorsements.jpeg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump is leaning on a network of personal and political relationships to rack up broad congressional support for his 2024 White House bid and undercut his chief Republican rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, before the governor\u2019s campaign formally gets off the ground.<\/p>\n<p>The depth and influence of Trump\u2019s retail politicking abilities have become increasingly <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arent over the past several days and weeks as an ever-growing list of congressional Republicans has lined up behind the former president\u2019s comeback campaign. He\u2019s already notched the support of at least half of Florida\u2019s Republican House delegation, including a handful of members whom DeSantis\u2019s team had sought to win over.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The spate of endorsements for Trump amounted to a disappointing <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of defections for DeSantis, who is expected to announce a 2024 presidential bid in May or June after the Florida state legislature wraps up its annual session. So far, three members of Congress \u2014 including only one from Florida \u2014 have backed his presidential ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>In some cases, the endorsements came as a direct result of lobbying efforts by Trump and his team. Others said that they never received any outreach from the former president or his political operation but noted that Trump had maintained an open line of communication with them, while they had only begun to hear from DeSantis\u2019s team recently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was actually the DeSantis people that started all of a sudden, after five years, kind of reaching out to me,\u201d said Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.), who endorsed Trump on Monday. \u201cNot him, but his people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Steube\u2019s case, he recounted this week, Trump made a point to call him personally and check in after the congressman was admitted to the hospital after falling off a ladder at his home earlier this year. Since he endorsed Trump, Steube said, he hasn\u2019t \u201cheard from anyone in DeSantis\u2019s camp.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for DeSantis\u2019s campaign did not respond to The Hill\u2019s request for comment for this story.<\/p>\n<p>As president, Trump would invite members of Congress to fly with him aboard Air Force One when <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ing to their states or districts. When Trump endorsed a lawmaker for office over the past few years, he would frequently try to call or meet with them or host them for a fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago. If something happened in a member\u2019s personal life, Trump would often reach out.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Last week, when Trump attended a Republican National Committee (RNC) retreat in Nashville, he sat for three hours with Tennessee\u2019s two GOP senators and four members of Congress from the state, most of whom the former president had either helped elect or spoken with before.<\/p>\n<p>The former president on Thursday hosted 10 members of the Florida delegation at his Mar-a-Lago estate for dinner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPersonal touch is everything for him,\u201d a Trump campaign aide said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>In addition to Steube, Florida Reps. John Rutherford and Brian Mast endorsed Trump just ahead of DeSantis\u2019s visit to Washington, D.C., this week. Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) met with the governor, then promptly issued a statement backing Trump for 2024. And Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) who represents DeSantis\u2019s old congressional district, joined his colleagues on Thursday in endorsing the former president.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s long-standing and well-managed personal relationships stand in contrast with what some lawmakers have said about DeSantis who spoke with members of Congress at a conservative think tank this week in the nation\u2019s capital. And it\u2019s a difference Trump\u2019s team is happy to exploit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump and I, you know, we talk. We really just talk more about the country and what\u2019s going on,\u201d said Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), who introduced DeSantis at his victory party on election night in November but endorsed Trump earlier this month. \u201cI really haven\u2019t had too many conversations with Gov. DeSantis, but at the end of the day it\u2019s about who can hit the ground running.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Donalds said neither Trump nor DeSantis reached out to ask for his support, but said his decision to back the former president was due in part to where \u201ca lot of my voters are back home and voters around the country.\u201d With Trump, he added, members \u201cknow what they\u2019re going to get.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s dominance in the nascent 2024 Republican primary comes after his campaign got off to a bumpy start late last year, leading some to begin writing his political obituary. But despite concerns among some in the party that he won\u2019t be able to win in a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> election, polling suggests the former president remains the clear favorite to win the party\u2019s nomination.<\/p>\n<p>A Wall Street Journal poll published Friday showed Trump with 51 percent support among likely GOP primary voters, up 13 points on DeSantis, his next closest competition.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThe support for President Trump has been very, very strong among Republicans,\u201d said Garrett Ventry, a GOP consultant who advises House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.). \u201cThe polling proves that. And the voters that these people represent, the president is very popular with them.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The slew of endorsements this week not only coincided with DeSantis\u2019s D.C. visit, but also preceded Trump\u2019s first public campaign event in Florida since he announced his 2024 bid in November when he speaks at the Lee County GOP Dinner on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The governor\u2019s trip to D.C. for an event that was billed as a \u201cmeet and greet and policy discussion\u201d with lawmakers, drew several dozen members of Congress. That same day, Rep. Laurel Lee (R-Fla.), DeSantis\u2019s former secretary of state, endorsed the governor\u2019s presidential ambitions, citing his \u201cconservative principles, proven track record, and his commitment to our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>But Trump rolled out a handful of new endorsements of his own. And in a development that came as a surprise to Trump and his team, Gooden issued a statement after attending the DeSantis event saying that while he had a \u201cpositive meeting\u201d with the Florida governor, he had decided to endorse Trump.<\/p>\n<p>A Trump aide noted that several of the endorsements came from lawmakers in delegate-rich Florida, and others came from Super Tuesday primary states like Tennessee and Texas. The backing of members of Congress can boost fundraising efforts, and they help bolster the narrative that Trump is the candidate to beat.<\/p>\n<p>One Republican operative who is not aligned with Trump or DeSantis downplayed the significance of the deluge of congressional support for the former president, acknowledging it may be important in shaping a narrative inside the Beltway but is unlikely to sway many voters nearly a year ahead of the first primaries.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Trump famously had little support from Republican lawmakers when he first sought the White House in 2016 but went on to win the GOP nomination anyway.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis has also scored a handful of congressional endorsements of his own from the likes of Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Lee.<\/p>\n<p>Massie, who served in the House with DeSantis for about six years, said that even after DeSantis left Congress, the two remained friends and talked \u201cabout every six months\u201d once he became governor. Massie said that DeSantis never asked for his endorsement, but that he decided to announce his support early to help encourage DeSantis to run.<\/p>\n<p>While Massie said that some Republican lawmakers who have endorsed Trump in recent weeks were \u201csincere\u201d in their support, he suggested that others did so out of concern that the former president could threaten to back primary challenges to them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think a lot of them are sincere but there may be some who are worried about a primary challenger,\u201d Massie told The Hill in an interview on Friday. \u201cAnd I think in a primary, Donald Trump has more ability to move the needle with the 30 percent of the Republican Party that are solidly behind him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Massie said that DeSantis still has \u201cplenty of time\u201d to get into the 2024 race, adding that the typical challenges of running a presidential campaign \u2014 fundraising, organizing and the like \u2014 don\u2019t apply to the Florida governor. He also said that there are \u201cmore endorsements in the pipeline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy, who along with Massie helped arrange DeSantis\u2019s recent appearance in D.C., explained his endorsement late last month as born out of his experience working with the governor while DeSantis was a member of Congress, as well as his desire to see a younger generation of leadership step up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve known the governor. I was Ted\u2019s chief when he was a freshman in Congress. We were starting the Freedom Caucus, we were meeting in basements,\u201d said Roy, who served as chief of staff to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) before he was elected to Congress in 2018. \u201cYou get to know these guys and I\u2019ve known the governor for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019d be nice to have somebody who\u2019s not a baby boomer,\u201d he added. \u201cI think it\u2019s time for a new generation. He can serve for eight years.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A number of former Trump officials have also defected to back DeSantis\u2019s presidential ambitions, including former Trump campaign aides Erin Perrine and Matt Wolking, both of whom now work for the pro-DeSantis Never Back Down super PAC.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis on Friday spoke at a Heritage Foundation event near Washington, where he received a standing ovation from attendees as he outlined his record and gave a nod to his general election appeal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been able to operate an administration that does not get consumed in petty controversy or drama or palace intrigue. We basically execute the mission day after day after day,\u201d DeSantis told the crowd.<\/p>\n<p><em>Emily Brooks and Mychael Schnell contributed.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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