Florida Rep michaelgwaltz may have replaced GovRonDeSantis in Congress, but the combat-decorated Green Beret made it clear that he won’t be supporting his predecessor's expected presidential run. Instead, he endorsed former President Donald Trump.
Just a couple months ago, the third-term Republican refused to wade into the looming primary battle between Trump and DeSantis, telling Fox News he thought the next president is “likely to come from the great state of Florida.”Over the years, Waltz has cautiously threaded the needle when it comes to Trump, careful not to criticize him directly while also, at times, rejecting and voting against policies pushed by his administration.
“I generally don't put a lot of weight on endorsements. At the same time though, when your calling card is Florida like it is for Ron, and your folks are defecting in your own backyard, that’s never a good sign,” Ford O’Connell, a Florida-based GOP strategist, said. According to GOP sources, Trump is set to host a dinner at his Mar-a-Lago resort Thursday night for all Florida Republicans who have endorsed his White House bid, only a couple of days after DeSantis held his reception in Washington, D.C. Some of the endorsements from the Sunshine State from Trump loyalists such as Gaetz, Mills, and Luna were entirely expected. However, when Donalds announced his support for Trump’s 2024 run, the rest of the delegation began to take notice.
Sources close to Republican members of the delegation who had not yet endorsed a candidate in the beginning of the week said Ryan Tyson, a pollster within DeSantis’s circle, reached out to them to secure their support. Many said they didn’t even know who he was and were offended that the governor himself didn’t make the effort to gain their support.
Aides who work with Republicans in the delegation said they’ve found it difficult to get the governor on the phone to discuss important matters in their districts. Some GOP members of the House delegation feel burned by DeSantis. For example, the House map DeSantis pushed through the legislature last year did not include Sarasota County in Buchanan’s district, where the congressman lives and has represented since 2007. The governor did not speak with Buchanan before drawing him out of his district or help him when he was in the running to lead the Ways and Means Committee. This did not go unnoticed.
Florida’s two Republican senators, Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, have not yet made endorsements. Scott and DeSantis do not have a close relationship. The junior senator from Florida and ex-governor has not been shy in pointing out policy differences with his successor. In addition, Scott has a reputation for staying out of GOP primaries, which was a point of contention when he deployed that strategy as head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
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