O governador da Flórida, Ron DeSantis, desistiu neste domingo, 21 de janeiro, de sua campanha pela presidência dos Estados Unidos e anunciou apoio ao ex-presidente Donald Trump na corrida pela Casa Branca no Partido Republicano.
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00:00O governador da Flórida, o Ron DeSantis, desistiu neste domingo de sua campanha pela presidência dos Estados Unidos
00:07e anunciou que vai apoiar o ex-presidente Donald Trump na corrida pela Casa Branca, isso pelo Partido Republicano.
00:14A decisão foi tomada após derrota nas primárias do partido, no estado de Iowa, na segunda-feira da semana passada.
00:22Apesar de conseguir a segunda colocação, DeSantis ainda ficou 30 pontos percentuais atrás do ex-presidente.
00:31Depois de uma vitória tranquila em sua reeleição ao governo da Flórida em 2022, DeSantis era considerado por muitos como o nome mais forte dentro do Partido Republicano para enfrentar Trump nas primárias.
00:44Em vídeo publicado em suas redes sociais, DeSantis afirmou basicamente o seguinte.
00:50Temos aí a declaração do DeSantis ou Matheus?
00:52We cannot succeed as a country if we allow our nation to be invaded, our currency to be debased, our cities to crumble and our kids to be indoctrinated.
01:02The DC elites who facilitated this mess do not care about you and they do not work for you, they work for themselves.
01:10They seek to accumulate power at your expense to pursue an agenda that is harmful to the American people.
01:17Citizens do not serve politicians, it is the duty of politicians to serve you.
01:22Talk is cheap, actions speak louder than words.
01:26Reversing the decline of this nation requires leadership that delivers big results for the people we are elected to serve.
01:33Now, over the past many months, Casey and I have traveled across the country to deliver a message of hope that decline is a choice and that we can, in fact, succeed again as a nation.
01:44Nobody worked harder and we left it all out on the field.
01:47Now, following our second place finish in Iowa, we've prayed and deliberated on the way forward.
01:53Accordingly, I am today suspending my campaign.
01:56It's clear to me that a majority of Republican primary voters want to give Donald Trump another chance.
02:01They watch his presidency get stymied by relentless resistance and they see Democrats using lawfare this day to attack him.
02:09Well, I've had disagreements with Donald Trump, such as on the coronavirus pandemic and his elevation of Anthony Fauci.
02:15Trump is superior to the current incumbent, Joe Biden.
02:19That is clear.
02:20I signed a pledge to support the Republican nominee and I will honor that pledge.
02:24He has my endorsement because we can't go back to the old Republican guard of yesteryear, a repackage formed of warmed over corporatism that Nikki Haley represents.
02:35The days of putting Americans last, of kowtowing to large corporations, of caving to woke ideology are over.
02:44Winston Churchill once remarked that success is not final.
02:48Failure is not fatal.
02:49It is the courage to continue that counts.
02:52While this campaign has ended, the mission continues.
02:56Down here in Florida, we will continue to show the country how to lead.
