President Donald Trump Endorses Byron Donalds Over Simpson, DeSantis, When he Runs for Governor

Of course, we are going to take the credit for pressing President Trump's decision to endorse Rep. Byron Donalds over First Lady Casey DeSantis where he (he will) decide to run for governor in 2016. Hours after we broke the story that Gov. DeSantis was going to press the president to support Mrs. DeSantis and was actively telling donors not to donate to Rep. Donalds, the 47th President of the United States dropped the political Mother Of All Bombs (MOAB) endorsements.

This is a game-changing endorsement.

Who is going to run against Donalds when he officially announces sometime this summer?

Only a fool will run against arguably the most popular and powerful sitting U.S. President in American history.

The Floridian has learned that shortly after the White House read the story, things quickly went into motion.

Sources say Laura Loomer brought DeSantis’s plot to the attention of President Trump and his senior advisors at the White House, which promoted President Trump to release his endorsement of Byron Donalds less than 2 hours before POTUS was set to speak to the Republican Governor’s Association, which has scheduled meeting in Washington, D.C.

Gov. Ron and Casey DeSantis traveled to Washington for the dinner, hoping to corner Trump and get him to refrain from endorsing Donalds over Mrs. DeSantis.

"I am hearing that Highly Respected Congressman Byron Donalds is considering running for Governor of Florida, a State that I love, and WON BIG in 2016, 2020, and 2024. I know Byron well, have seen him tested at the highest and most difficult levels, and he is a TOTAL WINNER! Byron has a great wife, Erika, and three beautiful sons. They are very proud of him! As Governor, Byron would have a BIG Voice, and would work closely with me to advance our America First Agenda. He will fight tirelessly to Secure our Border, Stop Migrant Crime, Strengthen our Military, Protect our Vets, Restore our Economic Power, Advance American Energy DOMINANCE, and Defend our always-under-siege Second Amendment. Byron Donalds would be a truly Great and Powerful Governor for Florida and, should he decide to run, will have my Complete and Total Endorsement. RUN, BYRON, RUN!"— President Donald Trump

Stick a fork in the 2026 Republican gubernatorial election in Florida. It's over.

Rep. Donalds is all but assured to win the nomination for governor when he announces, and has moved up his announcement date.

The announcement is imminent.

The bigger losers are AG Commissioner Wilton Simpson and his questionable communications apparatus that have been eyeing the governor's Mansion and lately have been in overdrive to paint him as the immigration law enforcement czar.

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Ron DeSantis-Today, we kicked off Florida’s preparations for America’s semiquincentennial by unveiling a statue of George Washington generously loaned to us from the Mount Vernon Estate.

Ahead of the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding next year, we are also commissioning statues of our founding fathers to be placed in the Florida counties that bear their namesakes. While this Mount Vernon statue is displayed at the Capitol, our own commissioned statue of George Washington will be destined for Washington County.

The same goes for:

Franklin County, named for Benjamin Franklin;

Hamilton County, named for Alexander Hamilton;

Jefferson County, named for Thomas Jefferson;

Madison County, named for the Father of our Constitution, James Madison; and,

Monroe County, named for James Monroe.

While other places are tearing statues down, Florida is putting them up and honoring our nation’s history.

 

Byron Donalds-President Trump is Making America Great Again.

I'm committed to working with him to Keep Florida Great.

Announcement coming soon!

 

 

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The Juice is squeezed by Javier Manjarres, Daniel Molina, and Michael Costeines