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DeSantis ends election campaign, backs Trump

WASHINGTON, Jan 21, 2024 (AFP) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who was once the leading Republican rival to Donald Trump, ended his election campaign on Sunday and threw his support behind the former president. DeSantis’s withdrawal, after months of weakening support, leaves only low-polling Nikki Haley standing between Trump and nomination as the Republican Party’s candidate for the US presidential election in November. In a video message, DeSantis said that following his second place last […]

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Mexico president urges US Latinos to shun DeSantis over border vow

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexico’s president urged US Latino voters Thursday not to support Florida governor Ron DeSantis, who launched his bid to oust President Joe Biden with a promise to “shut down” the border. “I hope Florida’s Hispanics wake up and don’t give him (DeSantis) even one vote,” Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said at his daily news conference, urging people to reject “those who persecute migrants.” DeSantis announced his candidacy on Wednesday at […]

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DeSantis White House launch derailed by glitches

By Frankie TAGGART WASHINGTON, May 25, 2023 (AFP) – Florida governor Ron DeSantis’s hotly-anticipated entry into the 2024 presidential campaign descended into a fiasco on Wednesday as the live Twitter event intended to announce his candidacy was all but derailed by glitches. The conversation repeatedly crashed as the platform’s servers were apparently overwhelmed, and many of the more than 400,000 users who were hoping to listen in missed the 44-year-old ultra-conservative throwing down the gauntlet […]

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DeSantis set to enter 2024 race, teeing up bitter face-off with Trump

By Frankie TAGGART Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, May 24, 2023 (AFP) — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is set to launch his 2024 presidential campaign Wednesday, signaling 18 months of acrimony ahead as he and Donald Trump lock horns in what is expected to be an attritional contest for the Republican nomination. DeSantis was considered a rising Republican star, but has been caught flat-footed by months of relentless attacks from the former president, who has surged into […]

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