Florida GOP Sides With Trump, Rescinds Loyalty Pledge
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The Flordia GOP rescinded the loyalty pledge supported by Ron DeSantis.
The pledge required the Florida GOP to back the eventual GOP nominee.
The Republican Party of Florida sided with former President Donald Trump and his allies on Friday, rescinding the state’s loyalty oath primary requirement that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) supported.
Earlier in the year, the Florida GOP voted to require presidential candidates sign a pledge to support the party’s eventual nominee to make it on the state’s March 19 primary ballot.
Trump has maintained he would not sign any loyalty pledge, telling Newsmax, “Why would I sign it? I can name three or four people that I wouldn’t support for president. So right there, there’s a problem.”
Lee County GOP Chair Michael Thompson said “of course” the loyalty oath was designed to go after Trump, dubbing it the “Donald J. Trump rule.”
A prominent Florida Republican said this was viewed as a “f— you to DeSantis.”
If Trump allies are successful in getting the state Republican Party to vote against DeSantis’ political wishes, some of his supporters are concerned it will send a signal that even Florida Republicans who have been steadfastly loyal to their governor are abandoning his presidential campaign, which continues to trail Trump’s by significant margins in the polls.
“Right or wrong, it would be viewed as a f— you to DeSantis,” a prominent Florida Republican said.
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