Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis (R) has claimed that some Donald Trump-endorsing Republicans have instructed him in personal that they’ll truly vote for him as a substitute of the previous president within the GOP major.
“I do know elected officials who encouraged me to run and say they’re going to vote for me in a primary but yet have endorsed Donald Trump,” the Florida governor instructed ABC’s Jonathan Karl on Sunday’s episode of “This Week.”
“That’s just the reality of the situation,” DeSantis added forward of the Iowa caucuses.
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DeSantis’ declare got here after Karl learn a quote from DeSantis-backing Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who stated the “majority” of Republicans who’ve come out for Trump are actually simply “scared of their own constituents” and concern Trump might “rile” them up and price them their major.
Trump is extra fixated on loyalty to himself than conservatism, stated DeSantis.
“What we can’t have as a party is that our movement is detached from the underlying principles and issues that we’re trying to advocate on behalf of the American people,” DeSantis stated.
He added, “And I think Trump is trying to make it to where someone that kisses the ring, even if they’re not faithful to the core conservative values, somehow they’re a member in good standing just by doing that.”
Some 48% of respondents to a brand new NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa ballot put Trump as their first alternative.
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley was the popular choice for 20% and DeSantis for 16%.
