Florida Governor and Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis has been left with egg on his face after claiming New Hampshire business owner Thomas Estey had endorsed him, only for Estey to deny it and announce his support for Donald Trump.
“Ron DeSantis’s team kept bugging me for my endorsement, but I am 100 percent voting for President Trump,” said Estey in comments to local media this week.
“[Trump] is the only one who can save our country from Joe Biden.” Estey added.
Several recent polls support the businessman’s assessment, with Trump beating Biden in five out of six of the nation’s key swing states – sometimes by substantial margins
DeSantis has not been achieving similar results, despite his surrogates claiming one of his key selling points is the fact he carries less “baggage” and has alienated viewer voters, making him a more “electable” nominee.
The Floridian has proved unable to cut through even with Republican primary voters, with his polling in New Hampshire, where he is a distant forth behind neoconservative Nikki Haley and Never Trump hardliner Chris Christie, being particularly abysmal.