Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, introduced Wednesday that he’s endorsing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, for president.
“It’s time for Ron DeSantis to be President of america,” Roy, the coverage chair of the Freedom Caucus, stated in a marketing campaign electronic mail obtained by The Every day Sign.
DeSantis is taken into account one of many prime 2024 contenders, although he has not but introduced a presidential marketing campaign. The Florida governor has drawn the ire of former President Donald Trump, who closely critiqued DeSantis as not too long ago as Tuesday, evaluating him to Republicans Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney and joking about calling DeSantis “Tiny D,” in accordance with the Every day Caller.
Neither the Trump marketing campaign nor Crew DeSantis instantly responded to requests for remark from The Every day Sign.
Roy’s electronic mail states that the following president have to be a “vibrant and energetic chief with the religion, imaginative and prescient, and braveness to chart a brand new course.”
“America wants a pacesetter who will actually defend her and empower the individuals in opposition to the harmful power of unrestrained authorities and company extra, profligate spending, and woke cultural indoctrination,” he wrote.
“That chief is Florida Governor Ron DeSantis,” he continued.
“Governor DeSantis is a person of conviction—a person who places his religion in God first as a devoted husband and father,” the congressman wrote. “He grew up a blue collar child who labored laborious, obtained an important schooling, and used it instantly to serve his nation. He loves America unapologetically however loves freedom and the rule of regulation much more, with the braveness to battle for each.”
Roy praised DeSantis’ “no-nonsense authorities and fearless rejection of woke ‘typical knowledge,’” pointing to his dealing with of the COVID-19 pandemic in Florida in addition to his confirmed “capability to win on the poll field time and time once more.”
“Maybe most of all, Governor DeSantis makes clear he would lead our nation as commander in chief with the sort of resolve and sober energy that produces peace by energy,” Roy wrote. “A veteran himself, he acknowledges {that a} navy is greatest when it’s robust, non-politically right, and deadly—whereas being sparingly however decisively used and never mired in limitless, protracted navy engagements throughout the globe.”
“America has been constructed upon and outlined by the sacrifices of 1 era for the following,” he continued. “When Republicans select our 2024 presidential nominee—whom I intend to help in opposition to Joe Biden or another Democrat candidate—I imagine it’s time for a brand new era of management. It’s time for youthful, however confirmed, management to supply America eight stable years of transformational change.”
This isn’t the primary time that Roy, who voted to certify the outcomes of the 2020 presidential election, has been at odds with Trump. In 2021, Trump launched an announcement of condemnation criticizing Roy and endorsing Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., in opposition to Roy to change into the third-ranking Home Republican.
“Can’t think about Republican Home Members would go together with Chip Roy—he has not accomplished an important job, and can in all probability be efficiently primaried in his personal district,” Trump stated in a press launch, The Texas Tribune reported on the time. “I help Elise, by far, over Chip!”
Information of the Texas congressman’s endorsement comes after a former senior Trump adviser, Ken Cuccinelli, launched a political motion committee calling on the Florida governor to run for president within the 2024 election. Cuccinelli’s NEVER BACK DOWN PAC particularly calls on DeSantis to steer the Republican Social gathering to victory over President Joe Biden.
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