Ron DeSantis ends presidential campaign before New Hampshire primary

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Source: ABC

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is ending his 2024 Republican presidential campaign after failing to overtake rival Donald Trump in polling or in the early vote.

DeSantis made the announcement in a video posted to social media on Sunday with less than 48 hours until voting in New Hampshire's primary, the second state in the nominating race.

""We don't have a clear path to victory," DeSantis said in the video, which he said was filmed in Florida.

He then endorsed Trump, a primary opponent whom he has increasingly criticized on the trail.

"It's clear to me that a majority of Republican primary voters want to give Donald Trump another chance. ... While I've had disagreements with Donald Trump, such as on the coronavirus pandemic and his elevation of Anthony Fauci, Trump is superior to the current incumbent, Joe Biden. That is clear," DeSantis said. "I signed a pledge to support the Republican nominee and I will honor that pledge."

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Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ron-desantis-ends-presidential-campaign-new-hampshire-primary/story?id=106551804

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[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

1. Yawn

[twodogsbarking]

3. Great minds.

[twodogsbarking]

2. Happy Sunday everyone.

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[underpants]

4. "Let's see how Ron does on the big stage"

I read that a while ago. Matt Gaetz said it but I forgot the context. He knew Desantis probably wasn’t ready.

[Kennah]

5. These boots are made for walking away from the campaign

[barbaraann]

6. What a Luntzload!

Somewhere Frank is smiling.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Figured this was imminent when I saw Bloomberg's site starting the speculation

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Planning Exit from 2024 Campaign

By Nancy Cook
January 21, 2024 at 2:36 PM EST

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his top aides are having internal discussions about when and how he should drop out of the 2024 presidential race, according to people briefed on the campaign’s conversations.

The discussions are fluid, with the governor and his wife, Casey, as the final decision-makers, but one possibility is to leave the race before voting starts in New Hampshire on Tuesday to avoid an embarrassing third-place finish.

New polling from CNN and the University of New Hampshire shows DeSantis earning just 6% of the state’s Republican vote, whereas Trump has 50% and Haley has 39%.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-21/florida-governor-ron-desantis-planning-exit-from-2024-campaign

AP sent out a breaking and there was a breaking news on my local news radio station (CBS affiliate) a few minutes ago.

[babylonsister]

8. Great. Now he'll be free to terrorize Floridians 24/7. nt

[MistakenLamb]

13. well for only 2 more years

Then Matt Gaetz probably will

[ificandream]

9. fyi, your ABC News link is now invalid.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. See ya 👋🏻

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[markodochartaigh]

22. Haha

Who's the leader of the state

that's made for rich white men?

R-O-N-D-E-S-A-N-T-I-S

Hey there, heil there, ho there,

Just don't you dare say gay

R-O-N-D-E-S-A-N-T-I-S

Ronnie D! Donald Trump!

Ronnie D! Donald Trump!

Let's go and find some books right now to ban!

Ban! Ban! Ban!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

40. Disney fans are having fun at Ron's failure

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[pfitz59]

11. Good riddance

you POS

[BootOutTheGoons]

12. Sing us a song Debbie

[padah513]

14. Once people got a chance to hear this buffoon with no personality speak, they said oh hell no!.

[mcar]

15. Loser

Unfortunately that means he'll come back here and take it out on us poor Floridians.

[Blue Owl]

16. Time for a "greatest self-inflicted hits" montage

The white boots, the pudding cups, the inability to act like a human, the throat-slitting comments, the pandering to Captain Pantload, etc. etc. etc.

[JoseBalow]

17. Adios, Fucko!

[NNadir]

18. It's about time he WOKE up to the fact most Americans have no use for his shit. n/t.

[surfered]

20. Good one!

[ZonkerHarris]

19. Ron found out people need to like you to become president. he could not handle that. Next step in the plan

will be for his wife to kiill him and take his seat then run for office herself because the robot couldn't handle it.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

21. Disney spokesperson on the news that Desantis has dropped out

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[bahboo]

23. even in a party of immensely dislikable people...

DeSantis stood out..

[Pacifist Patriot]

24. Should be forced to carry his failed bid to term.

[Dulcinea]

25. Goodbye & good riddance.

Creepy little fascist with nothing to offer but stupid culture wars. Go away, Ron. Forever. Please.

[bdamomma]

26. Good.

Not going to miss him either. Jerk

[llmart]

27. Well, I guess it's now down to Nimrata and Nimrod.

What a choice the GOP has.

[sop]

28. DeSantis' ignominious failure will be looked upon with a certain schadenfreude here in God's Waiting Room.

[oldsoftie]

29. I wonder why NOW? Why not wait till after NH or later?

Now he bends the knee for the man who insulted him a dozen different ways.

[Mopar151]

35. Money ran out last week!

His PAC went out of its way to piss off Granite Staters.

[oasis]

47. "No mas"

That’s what boxer Roberto Duran exclaimed in order to avoid further humiliation.

[Freethinker65]

30. Florida is stuck with him.

[emulatorloo]

31. Why did he endorse anyone?

[Abolishinist]

38. Makes sense to me. Endorse the former ASAP and

he's possibly spared the "Loser" tag from him. And he really couldn't go with Haley after what they've just been through with each other.

[emulatorloo]

39. Thanks!

[Bo Zarts]

32. Alas, Rhon-da, we hardly knew ye! Oh, wait ...

Yes we did. We knew you and your ilk oh too well!

[cilla4progress]

33. Hahaha...

such an appealing candidate

[FakeNoose]

34. Many of us called this last summer

Well actually most of us did - just look back on the DU posts from 6 months ago. So far the weakest links have all dropped out early. I was surprised the Chris Christie didn't hang in a little longer. But hey, they're all weak candidates.

Chump won't quit the campaign for obvious reasons. But the DoJ and SCOTUS will both give him the one-two punch.

[FarPoint]

36. tRump/Putin got to DeSantis...

is my sense of this....tRump will essentially be the GOP Candidate without the Primaries...

[catbyte]

37. LOL

[IronLionZion]

41. Chickened out. Ron is no match for Don

so that leaves Nikki

[oasis]

42. He could at least have waited until his campaign staff

completed the jigsaw puzzle they were working on.

[Wolf Frankula]

43. Worse than t.Rump drops out

Endorses t.Rump.

Wolf

[riversedge]

44. "That name is officially retired! - President @realDonaldTrump says of DeSanctimonious

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

45. These make me smile

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

46. Internet mocks DeSantis for quitting with fake Churchill quote: 'It's in books he banned' Sarah K. Burris January 21, 20

DeSantis used a made up quote from Churchill has a key party of withdrawal announcement.

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https://www.rawstory.com/ron-desantis-winston-churchill/

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) ended his 2024 presidential campaign using a fake quote from Winston Churchill and critics are calling it the perfect end to what has been a strange campaign.....

"DeSantis quit with a fake Churchill line! Maybe the actual quote is in one of the books he banned?" mocked activist Christine Pelosi.

Conservative Bill Kristol cited a similar quote more befitting the governor: "Churchill actually wrote, in Their Finest Hour, 'No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.' DeSantis neither deserved success nor had it."

Republican turned Independent Tara Seetmayer at the Lincoln Project explained, "DeSantis campaign is more Greek tragedy than Churchill."....

The International Churchill Society released a statement about the quote, saying: "We can find no attribution for either one of these . . . They are found nowhere in his canon . . . An almost equal number of sources found online credit these sayings to Abraham Lincoln."

"We base this on careful research in the canon of fifty million words by and about Churchill, including all of his books, articles, speeches and papers,” the group explains.

[DonCoquixote]

48. Fellow Floridians, life is about to suck

Because even if trump goes down in flames, this bastard is still in Tallahassee, which means he will be getting revenge on us and trying eve4n dumber schemes. At this rate, I expect teachers to be burnt at the stake at pep rallies

[LetMyPeopleVote]

49. This photo is so much funnier now

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[Novara]

50. Who gave him the choice to terminate? Shouldn't he be forced to carry it to term?

[cstanleytech]

51. His endorsement of Trump is simply another acknowledgement of how much of an asshole he is because he

could of shown himself to have a teeny tiny glimmer of self-respect by not doing that.

[LaMouffette]

52. And it's Nikki Haley for the win . . . for the vice presidential candidate slot, that is. Before accepting Trump's

invitation to be his VP, Nikki would do well to remember Trump's "gallows" sense of humor. ("Hang Nikki Haley!" doesn't trip off the tongue as nicely as "Hang Mike Pence," but Trump's followers won't care.)

But maybe behind that sweet, earnest demeanor of hers she is doing some hard calculations and is betting that Trump will either stroke out, have a heart attack, or be imprisoned, and voilà! She gets to be president.

[sinkingfeeling]

53. The headline shoukd be, "DeSantis Aborts Campaign".

[AmBlue]

54. Too bad, so sad

I was looking forward to seeing him face-plant in NH before he turned tail and quit.

[NCjack]

55. Awe !!!. DeSatan was such a good furnace for burning MAGAt money that will now

burn against DEMs.