Republicans hold 20 of Florida's 28 U.S. House districts, and eight of those lawmakers have announced their support for Trump. That's important as Trump tries to assert himself as the undisputed leader of the GOP in seeking the 2024 nomination. So far, DeSantis has three congressional endorsements, including one from Florida, first-term Rep. Laurel Lee, who served as DeSantis’ secretary of state for more than three years. During the height of the pandemic, he did not participate in regularly nightly conference calls of Republican governors, according to Gov. Chris Sununu, R-N.H.“All the Republican governors, for the most part, are pretty tight.

Source: The Nation April 20, 2023 03:49 UTC