{"id":4374,"date":"2023-06-13T10:48:30","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T14:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=4374"},"modified":"2023-06-13T10:48:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T14:48:30","slug":"republican-governor-snubs-trump-endorses-top-white-house-rival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/republican-governor-snubs-trump-endorses-top-white-house-rival\/njackson\/2023\/06\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Governor Snubs Trump, Endorses Top White House Rival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 2024 campaign field is heating up&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Top Trump campaign challenger Ron DeSantis is gaining steam as the former President&#8217;s legal troubles overshadow his active campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt (R) is choosing to endorse DeSantis for president and Trump could not be less thrilled by the choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGovernor DeSantis is a strong conservative and principled leader, and I am proud to endorse him for president,\u201d Stitt said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs fellow Governors during COVID, DeSantis did not surrender states\u2019 rights and individual liberties over to groupthink,\u201d the governor continued. \u201cIn this election cycle, Oklahomans will remember that DeSantis was one of the few who never backed down in the face of adversity because DeSantis operated with dogged conviction and shared our values for a limited government and free country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Oklahoma governor campaigned with DeSantis over the weekend in the Sooner State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGovernor Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, who I didn\u2019t know very well, called me before his last election to say he was in BIG trouble and very much needed my Endorsement. I LOVE Oklahoma &amp; won 77 out of 77 Counties, something that never happened before,\u201d the former president said on his social media platform Truth Social.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former presidential contender Mitt Romney (R-Utah) also won all 77 counties during the 2012 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/ronald-reagan\/\">Ronald Reagan\u00a0<\/a>was next with 56. Anyway, I gave him my endorsement, he immediately went way up, and won. Now, despite the fact that DeSanctimonious is losing to Biden, &amp; me, Stitt just endorsed him. Wow! He disliked \u2018the Indians\u2019 &amp; my great Senate pick!\u201d the former president continued, appearing to reference Stitt\u2019s working relationship with Indigenous tribes within the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DeSantis also received an endorsement from former Rep. 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