Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said he was honored to receive an endorsement from Iowa Evangelical talk-radio host Steve Deace, who once supported Hillary Clinton winning the 2016 election.
Deace began backing U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tx) in 2016, but when he failed to defeat the eventual Republican nominee and 2016 presidential winner Donald Trump, he openly opposed Trump’s general election campaign, even saying, “I don’t really care who wins” when asked about who he would want to win the election.
Deace even declared that he was leaving the Republican Party and joining the NeverTrump movement
Deace scolded conservatives for supporting Donald Trump in a now-deleted Conservative Review column:
“And spare me your sanctimonious rambling about, ‘but if he’s the nominee, we have to vote for him, or Hillary will win.”
“First of all, most of the thumb-suckers saying this have sat on the sidelines during this primary process, refusing to get their hands dirty and doing everything they could to stop the GOP from nominating another sure-fire progressive loser/betrayer once more.”
Deace’s rant continued:
“Now we’re talking about attaching our brand to an unrepentant serial liar and adulterer that has clearly demonstrated during his 70 years on this planet that he stands for nothing but himself.
And as we’ve reached the apex of this primary, it’s become abundantly clear that Trump is who his detractors always said he was, and is taking advantage of every negative stereotype the left has of conservatives to excel in this race. Everything he touches becomes corrupted and distorted.”
Deace also encouraged Utah voters to support Deep State defender, and third-party candidate Evan McMullin for President, right before the November 2016 presidential election.
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