Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has withdrawn from the race for the US presidential election. transmits January 21 TASS with reference to the politician’s social networks.
“I can’t ask people who support us to donate their time and donate their resources if we don’t have a clear path to victory. Today I am announcing the suspension of my campaign,” DeSantis said in a personal video message.
He also announced his support for Donald Trump’s candidacy. This decision was not completely unexpected, since the media had written about its possibility earlier.
DeSantis admitted that he and Trump had differences and explained his reasons to voters.
“He has my support because we can’t go back to the Republican old guard of yesteryear,” DeSantis said.
Let us remind you that on January 15, former US President Donald Trump won the most votes in the state of Iowa as part of the party primaries. He admitted that he was proud of the preliminary result.
And on January 18, Trump spoke in an interview with Fox News about his good relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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2024-01-21 20:41:14
