Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has indicated he will veto a Republican-led bill in his state that would use taxpayer funds to help pay former President Trump's legal costs.
Politico recently reported that some Republicans in the state want to support Trump.
DeSantis was responding to a recent report in Politico that some Republicans in the state want taxpayers to support Trump. I wrote to XHe previously tweeted, “But not Florida Republicans brandishing veto pens…” The message, posted late Monday, quickly halted the legislative push.
State Sen. Ileana Garcia, who supported Trump's presidential bid, responded to the post and said she would withdraw the bill.
“This bill was introduced on January 5th in the middle of a crowded primary election that included two Florida residents,” she said, referring to DeSantis and Trump.
“What I was concerned about was the political weaponization of conservative candidates. [Florida Chief Financial Officer] @JimmyPatronis brought this bill to me at a time when all the candidates were campaigning through the primaries. Now, he is the only front-runner left and he can handle himself. ” she continued. “I will withdraw the bill.”
DeSantis ended his presidential campaign on Sunday, endorsing Trump, whom the Florida governor said is “better than incumbent Joe Biden.” That's obvious. ”
“I signed a pledge to support the Republican candidate, and I intend to honor that pledge,” he continued. “He has my support because we can't go back to the old Republican guard of old, a repackaged version of the warmed-up corporatism that Nikki Haley represents.”
The Republican candidate's endorsement of Mr. Trump's re-election campaign comes after a heated primary against the former president, who was once a close political ally of Mr. DeSantis. But Trump frequently insulted the governor throughout the primary and encouraged Republicans to rally against him.
Mr. DeSantis' veto pledge comes as Mr. Trump faces four criminal indictments on 91 charges, including one federal case related to the storage of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. It was held in the midst of
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