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From Fox News: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday that he would not necessarily support President Donald Trump’s pick to replace him, Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., and acknowledged the rumor of his wife, Casey DeSantis, potentially running next year.
Donalds has not formally announced plans to run for governor of Florida in the 2026 race, but Trump said in a TRUTH Social post Thursday that Donalds had his “complete and total endorsement” if he so chooses. DeSantis, meanwhile, has been rumored to be floating the idea of his wife running for governor to donors.
At a press conference in Tampa on Monday in which he discussed the creation of Florida’s own Department of Government Efficiency, DeSantis declined to back a Donalds gubernatorial bid at this stage.
“Donald Trump just got into office. I want these congressmen focused on enacting his agenda,” DeSantis said. “They haven’t done very much yet. They’re not putting his executive orders into place. We’ll see what they do on the spending, but we have such a narrow majority that to be trying to campaign other places and missing these votes I think is not something that’s advisable at all.”
On Rep. Byron Donalds, DeSantis said, “We’ve achieved victories in Florida. We need to start achieving those victories up there, so I think people look at it and say, you know you got a guy like Byron, he just hasn’t been a part of any of the victories that we’ve had here over these last years. He’s just not been a part of it. He’s been in other states campaigning doing that, and that’s fine, but OK, well then deliver results up there. That’s what I want to see. I want to see them delivering results for the people of Florida. We deliver it here all the time for the people of Florida, and that’s what we need to be doing.”
When asked whether his own wife is considering running for governor, DeSantis replied, “People ask me all the time about our wonderful first lady, who has done a fantastic job as first lady of Florida. I will tell you this, you’re talking about somebody like her. I won by the biggest margin that any Republican has ever won a governor’s race here in Florida. She would do better than me.”
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JUST IN: DeSantis asked if he’s endorsing @ByronDonalds for governor in 2026
“I want these congressmen focused on enacting [President Trump]’s agenda. They haven’t done very much yet. They’re not putting his executive orders into place, we’ll see what they do on the spending…… pic.twitter.com/X8nziFP8xJ
— Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) February 24, 2025
DeSantis declines to endorse Trump pick Byron Donalds for Florida governor, touts wife Casey DeSantis https://t.co/m5s0F8h7qx
— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 24, 2025
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