Former President Trump congratulated Ron DeSantis for his presidential campaign and endorsed him after DeSantis dropped out of the 2024 race.
DeSantis said, “It’s clear to me that a majority of Republican primary voters want to give Donald Trump another chance. They watched his presidency get stymied by relentless resistance, and they see Democrats using lawfare to this day to attack him.”
Trump praised DeSantis at a campaign event and expressed his desire to work with him to defeat President Biden.
Fox News’ Kayleigh McEnany and co-host Guy Benson emphasized the need for a “conciliatory” tone from Trump to win over various voter blocs.
McEnany said, “I think he [Trump] gets the DeSantis voter both in the primary and the general. The DeSantis voter tends to be a traditional conservative person of faith, and that naturally translates to Donald Trump. Where I think his challenge is both here and going forward into a general election, is winning over the Nikki Haley voter, winning over the establishment voter, winning over the independent, which is why I think that vice presidential pick is so important.”
“You must pick someone who helps to bring in that bloc because I believe the conservatives, the base, is going to come home, show up, rain or shine. You need the independent, you need the suburban women. You need that tone,” she explained.
Guy Benson added, “To beat Joe Biden, there will need to be unity on the right. And it starts with treating potential allies as they drop out, the way that we actually just heard from Trump, which is a little bit out of character for him. But I think strategically it makes sense.”
Additionally, a CNN/University of New Hampshire poll showed Trump leading over Nikki Haley.
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