{"id":5599,"date":"2023-11-25T13:52:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T18:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=5599"},"modified":"2023-11-25T13:52:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T18:52:45","slug":"texas-congressman-makes-unexpected-2024-endorsement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/texas-congressman-makes-unexpected-2024-endorsement\/njackson\/2023\/11\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Congressman Makes Unexpected 2024 Endorsement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Texas Rep. Chip Roy endorsed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for President on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI stand 100% alongside this wonderful woman &amp; her husband, @RonDeSantis, because they are truly good &amp; decent people,\u201d Roy&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chiproytx\/status\/1728431111972209093\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted on X<\/a>, the platform formerly known as Twitter, in response to a tweet from Florida first lady Casey DeSantis. \u201cAmerica needs THAT again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI proudly fight for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonDeSantis\">@RonDeSantis<\/a>\u00a0to be our GOP nominee for President because it\u2019s time to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MeetTheMoment?src=hashtag_click\">#MeetTheMoment<\/a>\u00a0&amp; WIN again.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DeSantis2024?src=hashtag_click\">#DeSantis2024<\/a>,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in March, the Texas Congressman strongly hinted he would support the Florida Governor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe next President of the United States must be a vibrant and energetic leader with the faith, vision, and courage to chart a new course,\u201d Roy said in an&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/chiproy\/welcome-to-the-conservative-fight-260625\" target=\"_blank\">email to supporters<\/a>&nbsp;at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAmerica needs a leader who will truly defend her and empower the people against the destructive force of unrestrained government and corporate excess, profligate spending, and woke cultural indoctrination,\u201d he wrote, adding \u201cThat leader is Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iowa Gov. 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Chip Roy endorsed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for President on Saturday. \u201cI stand 100% alongside this wonderful woman &amp; her husband, @RonDeSantis, because they are truly good &amp; decent people,\u201d Roy&nbsp;posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, in response to a tweet from Florida first lady Casey DeSantis. \u201cAmerica needs THAT [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[327,380,656,256,170],"class_list":["post-5599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-327","tag-chip-roy","tag-desantis-endorsement","tag-politics","tag-texas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Texas Congressman Makes Unexpected 2024 Endorsement - Great America News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/texas-congressman-makes-unexpected-2024-endorsement\/njackson\/2023\/11\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Texas Congressman Makes Unexpected 2024 Endorsement - Great America News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Texas Rep. 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