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Five Florida legislators flipped their endorsements from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to former President Donald Trump in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The five who flipped from DeSantis to Trump include State Reps. Jessica Baker, Webster Barnaby, Alina Garcia, Kevin Steele, and State Sen. Debbie Mayfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs instability grows around the world and economic uncertainty takes root here at home, folks across my district tell me constantly they want to see President Donald Trump back in the White House and Gov. Ron DeSantis back on the job here in Florida, finishing the work he promised to do less than a year ago,\u201d Baker said in a statement to The Messenger, the news outlet that first\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0the endorsements.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis\u2019s team said his detractors didn\u2019t mean much in the race and touted his endorsements in Iowa.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cRon DeSantis is dominating the field \u2014 including the former president \u2014 in supportive state legislative endorsements from across the country,\u201d spokesman Bryan Griffin told The Messenger. \u201cIn Iowa, DeSantis holds a historic count of 41 state legislative endorsements, which far surpasses Trump \u2026 And, in Florida, DeSantis has nearly 100 state legislators endorsing his run for president. That, too, is a number that significantly outpaces Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The seven endorsements follow another DeSantis defector, State Rep. Randy Fine, who\u00a0endorsed<\/a>\u00a0Trump two weeks ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump also has the support of the majority of Florida\u2019s congressional delegation, including Reps. Byron Donalds, Matt Gaetz, and Anna Paulina Luna. Fourteen of Florida\u2019s Republican congress members have endorsed the former president, while one has endorsed DeSantis, according to The Messenger.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Five Florida legislators flipped their endorsements from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to former President Donald Trump in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.\u00a0 The five who flipped from DeSantis to Trump include State Reps. Jessica Baker, Webster Barnaby, Alina Garcia, Kevin Steele, and State Sen. 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