Ron DeSantis saw the gap between him and the GOP presidential nominee front-runner, Donald Trump, continuing to widen. Jacquelyn Martin/Associated PressFlorida Governor Ron DeSantis, who entered the 2024 presidential race with a bankroll rivalling that of coup-attempting former President Donald Trump, dropped his bid for the Republican nomination on Sunday — and endorsed Trump on his way out. Trump entered the race just weeks after those midterm elections and soon began attacking DeSantis in speeches, online and even in television ads. Longtime Florida Republicans told HuffPost a year ago that DeSantis has never seemed to enjoy interacting with people. That trait, as it turns out, became a major liability in a primary race that still places a high value on personal interactions with primary voters in the early voting states.

Source: Huffington Post January 21, 2024 21:18 UTC