President Donald Trump pumping Ambassador byron Donalds race to inherit the Florida government government
President Donald Trump It is given to clear whom they will support at the 2026 Blockbuster Gubernator race to inherit the Government Government of Florida Ron Desantis with a limited term.
“I hear that very appreciated Congressman byron Donalds He is considering running for Governor Florida, a state I love and won the great 2016, 2020 and 2024, “Trump, a resident of Florida, wrote on Thursday in a post on social networks.
And the president emphasized that Donalds, a longtime Trump’s friend, ally and fan, would “be a truly great and powerful governor for Florida.”
Trump added that Donalds, “If he decides to run, have my complete and complete approval. Run, Byron, Run!”
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Byron Donalds speaks in the capital One Arena at the event for President Donald Trump, on the day of the inauguration of Trump’s second presidential term, in Washington DC, January 20, 2025. Reuters/Mike Segar (Reuters/Mike Segar)
Donalds, a conservative former State MP who represented parts of the southwest 19. Florida district He has been watching a potential gubernator offer for almost a year in Congress for four years.
“I was thinking about it. I don’t really exclude anything,” Donalds said in a digital interview with Fox News last spring, when asked about a possible running for the governor.
Last month, the sources confirmed Fox News that Donalds had told potential donors and political players in Florida that he intended to run for governors.
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Another signal arrived last month, when Donalds hired a prominent Republican research company Tony Fabrizio. Fabrizio was a top survey in Trump’s 2016 and 2024 presidential campaign.
Florida sources say Fox News that Donalds, behind the scenes, continues to move towards the launch of the Gubernator campaign.
Ambassador Byron Donalds from Florida speaks during the first day of the Republican national convention, at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 15, 2024. (Reuters/Mike Segar)
And a source in Donalds political orbites told Fox News on Thursday that Congressman had pushed Trump’s approval hard, in an effort to draw potential nomination rivals GOP Gubernatory.
Another prominent Republican Republican in Florida who is seriously considering a nomination for the governor is the State Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson, a former president of the Senate of State Senate.
There were also some speculations that the wife of Florida’s first lady Casey Desantis was potentially considering running to inherit her husband in Tallahassee. AND Survey published earlier this weekWhat suggested that Casey Desantis would be favored in the race, he caught a lot of attention.
Former Ambassador Matt Gaetz of Florida, who was Trump’s first choice for the General Attorney in his second administration before giving up in the middle of a controversy, created a noise around a potential candidate for the governor at the end of last year. But in recent weeks, there has been a little buzz on a possible Gaetz campaign.
Dan Eberhart, Executive Director of oil drilling based in Florida and a distinguished Republican donor who has collected Big Bucks for Trump and Desantis in recent years, and who is also in Donalds’ political orbit, told Fox News to make Donalds, if he runs, ” Bring a fresh conservative vision of Florida’s future that will be difficult to beat. “
Trump’s social media post was his second week to pump Donalds.
Trump on Monday displayed a survey screen conducted by a group aligned with the Donalds pointing to the congressmen, which led the hypothetical match in Florida 2026.
Trump spoke Donalds for over a year when it comes to driving a governor. At raising funds in New York last spring, Trump suggested that if Donalds ran for governor Florida, he would have “many friends in the race.”
Donalds, speaking with Fox News Digital shortly after Trump commented on, said: “It’s really cool what people home in Florida think they can be the next governor of the state. It is truly honor. It’s honest surreal thinking about it because I M 45 my path through politics was really fruitful. “
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With Florida, which used to be the top state of the general election, now firmly red, the GOP nomination nomination will slowly affect Trump’s approval in its adopted home country.
But Desantis is in the race to be discounted, any one can be discarded in the race.
