{"id":574815,"date":"2023-05-16T23:00:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T20:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/desantis-trump-endorsement-fight-takes-bizarre-turn\/"},"modified":"2023-05-16T23:00:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T20:00:43","slug":"desantis-trump-endorsement-fight-takes-bizarre-turn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/desantis-trump-endorsement-fight-takes-bizarre-turn\/","title":{"rendered":"#DeSantis, Trump endorsement fight takes bizarre turn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/TrumpDeSantis-2.png?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The endorsement battle between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump is reaching a boiling point.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Never Back Down, the main super PAC backing DeSantis for the 2024 Republican presidential nod, rolled out a list of endorsements from more than 50 New Hampshire state lawmakers on Tuesday, including four who previously announced their support for Trump\u2019s 2024 campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>One of those legislators, state Rep. Juliet Harvey-Bolia, later\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/4-nh-republicans-endorsed-trump-now-backing-ron-desantis-rcna84525\">told NBC News<\/a>\u00a0that she was \u201cendorsing both\u201d Trump and DeSantis, explaining that \u201cDeSantis has a lot of promise for the future, and Trump is great now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another state lawmaker, Rep. Lisa Smart, denied throwing her support behind DeSantis, insisting in a statement that she was still backing Trump and accusing Never Back Down of playing \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s\u201d with her endorsement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was so incredibly proud to join many of my colleagues in endorsing President Donald J. Trump last month and my support for him has not changed,\u201d Smart said in a statement furnished by the Trump campaign. \u201cI\u2019m dismayed by the games being played by Never Back Down and I will NOT be participating in any activities with Ron DeSantis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Never Back Down pushed back against Smart\u2019s denial, providing a copy of an endorsement pledge form she had signed committing her support to DeSantis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The back-and-forth marked a bizarre escalation of the ongoing proxy war between Trump and DeSantis, who is expected to launch a presidential campaign in the coming weeks. Over the weekend, DeSantis swung through Iowa, the crucial first-in-the-nation caucus state, and on Monday, his political operation moved to a new office in Tallahassee.<\/p>\n<p>His aides have also begun inviting top donors and supporters to an event in Miami later this month, signaling that he\u2019s close to a presidential announcement.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Endorsements don\u2019t necessarily win primaries or elections, but they\u2019re useful tools for shaping a campaign\u2019s narrative, giving candidates a slate of well-known backers that can vouch for them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump, in particular, has amassed a long list of congressional Republicans who are supporting his campaign \u2013 a list that includes more than half of Florida\u2019s GOP congressional delegation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis, meanwhile, has been endorsed by four members of Congress: Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), Chip Roy (R-Texas), Bob Good (R-Va.) and Laurel Lee (R-Fla.), who served as DeSantis\u2019s secretary of state before winning her House seat last year.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Yet DeSantis has bolstered his list of supporters in recent days. Ahead of his Iowa visit on Saturday, he scored a list of 37 endorsements from Iowa state legislators, including state Senate President Amy Sinclair and House Majority Leader Matt Windschitl.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/05\/16\/ron-desantis-donald-trump-iowa\">Axios<\/a>\u00a0reported on Monday that at least three of the people included on his latest list of Iowa supporters hadn\u2019t been consulted by Trump\u2019s team beforehand and were still undecided in the race.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That was followed on Tuesday by a roster of 51 endorsements from New Hampshire state lawmakers, all of whom signed forms committing their support for the governor, according to Never Back Down.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>He also notched two more key endorsements on Tuesday, with both Florida state Senate President Kathleen Passidomo and state House Speaker Paul Renner throwing their support behind his presidential ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>Those endorsements provided a shot of political momentum for DeSantis at a critical time in his political career.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite early polling that shows him trailing well behind Trump in the race for the GOP\u2019s presidential nod, his allies remain optimistic about his chances in key early-voting states like Iowa, pointing to his long list of endorsements and high favorability numbers.<\/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. 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