Inside DeSantis Election Night Party, Supporters Dejected by Trump Victory

West Des Moines — Florida governor Ron DeSantis will remain in the presidential race after finishing a distant second behind former president Donald Trump in the January 15 Iowa caucuses, he told supporters inside his election-night party Monday evening.

“We have a lot of work to do, but I can tell you this as the next president of the United States: I am going to get the job done for this country,” he said to whoops and cheers from the crowd. “I am not going to make any excuses. And I guarantee you this, I will not let you down.”

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West Des Moines — Florida governor Ron DeSantis will remain in the presidential race after finishing a distant second behind former president Donald Trump in the January 15 Iowa caucuses, he told supporters inside his election-night party Monday evening.

“We have a lot of work to do, but I can tell you this as the next president of the United States: I am going to get the job done for this country,” he said to whoops and cheers from the crowd. “I am not going to make any excuses. And I guarantee you this, I will not let you down.”