{"id":41206,"date":"2024-01-21T15:38:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T20:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=41206"},"modified":"2024-01-21T15:38:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T20:38:09","slug":"ron-desantis-ends-presidential-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/01\/21\/ron-desantis-ends-presidential-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron DeSantis ends presidential campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is ending his\u00a02024 Republican presidential campaign\u00a0after failing to overtake rival Donald Trump in polling or the early vote.<\/p>\n\n\n        \n        <div class=\"embedpress-gutenberg-wrapper source-provider-Twitter aligncenter ep-clear   ep-content-protection-disabled inline\" id=\"92053038-cae6-4c34-baad-44641908be9e\" data-embed-type=\"Twitter \">\n            <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper \">\n                <div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-ac4e1afbf90d1447a68de28033fd433b\" class=\"ep-gutenberg-content\">\n                    <div >\n                        <div class=\"ep-embed-content-wraper preset-default insta-grid ep-google-photos-carousel\"\n                            style=\"max-width:600px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\"                                                                                                                >\n\n                            <div class=\"ose-twitter ose-uid-cb6943ede0bbe2555f14e86710193cfa ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:450px; max-height:450px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"600\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSuccess is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.\u201d<br><br>&#8211; Winston Churchill <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ECoR8YeiMm\">pic.twitter.com\/ECoR8YeiMm<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonDeSantis\/status\/1749159384112845285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>                        <\/div>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DeSantis announced in a video\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonDeSantis\/status\/1749159384112845285\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted to social media\u00a0<\/a>on Sunday with less than 48 hours until voting in New Hampshire&#8217;s primary, the second state in the nominating race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;\u201cWe don&#8217;t have a clear path to victory,&#8221; DeSantis said in the video, which he said was filmed in Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He then endorsed Trump, a primary opponent whom he has increasingly criticized on the trail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt&#8217;s clear to me that a majority of Republican primary voters want to give Donald Trump another chance. &#8230; While I&#8217;ve had disagreements with Donald Trump, such as on the coronavirus pandemic and his elevation of Anthony Fauci, Trump is superior to the incumbent, Joe Biden. That is clear,&#8221; DeSantis said. &#8220;I signed a pledge to support the Republican nominee and I will honor that pledge.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump now faces only one remaining notable challenger for the GOP nomination: his former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to polls, Haley has her best chance at beating Trump in New Hampshire on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is ending his\u00a02024 Republican presidential campaign\u00a0after failing to overtake rival Donald Trump in polling or the early vote. 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