Florida Governor DeSantis Drops Out of 2024 Race, Endorses Trump
- DeSantis releases video saying he sees no path to victory
- Campaign burned through cash as it struggled to hone message
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Ron DeSantis dropped out of the 2024 US presidential race on Sunday and endorsed frontrunner Donald Trump, narrowing the Republican field to two major candidates ahead of the closely watched New Hampshire primary on Tuesday.
“He has my endorsement because we can’t go back to the old Republican guard of yesteryear,” DeSantis said in a video released Sunday on X, formerly Twitter. The Florida governor described Trump as the preferable alternative to President Joe Biden or Nikki Haley, the last remaining rival to Trump in the GOP primaries.