Donald Trump is the recent beneficiary of a cascade of endorsements from Republican lawmakers in Congress. True, Trump’s last two campaigns for the White House taught political observers that endorsements aren’t the measure of voters’ support they once were. But the rationale Trump’s endorsers provide to explain their advocacy on behalf of the one-term president is revealing.
According to Florida representative Greg Steube, one of the first Florida Republicans to join the ritual humiliation its members meted out to his state’s governor, predicated his decision to bet the future of his party and his country on Trump because the former president is accessible in ways Governor Ron DeSantis is not. Indeed, Trump called Steube in a courtesy call while he was convalescing in the hospital following an accident. Meanwhile, “to this day, I have not heard from Gov. DeSantis,” Steube complained.
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