DeSantis gets his biggest endorsement yet.

[2016]

If this is true at all this is very big for DeSantis...

VA Governor Youngkin, Lt. Governor Sears and Attorney General Miyares are set to endorse the Florida Governor shortly after the VA Legislative Primaries on June 20th
https://twitter.com/VApoliticalmeme/status/1669211060979523587

Don't get my wrong, the Stitt Endorsement was nice BUT getting the 3 VA Statewide Officeholders all at once and them acting as Top Surrogates in IA, NH and SC is monumental.

[2016]

If this is true at all this is very big for DeSantis...

VA Governor Youngkin, Lt. Governor Sears and Attorney General Miyares are set to endorse the Florida Governor shortly after the VA Legislative Primaries on June 20th
https://twitter.com/VApoliticalmeme/status/1669211060979523587

Don't get my wrong, the Stitt Endorsement was nice BUT getting the 3 VA Statewide Officeholders all at once and them acting as Top Surrogates in IA, NH and SC is monumental.

To some extent, I wonder if endorsements might actually be a negative for DeSantis if Republican voters feel like "the establishment" is trying to force DeSantis upon them. Mind you Youngkin and especially Stitt aren't exactly the Republican's base favourite politicians in general.

Feel like a large part of Trump's appeal to voters (even today) is being anti-establishment and winning even when it seems like the entire political system is against him. Having all these "establishment" Republican politicians endorsing DeSantis might re-inforce this belief for many. One could also argue those voters were never going to be swayable in a primary anyways.

C'mon on, don't give me that crap! Trump is endorsed by Rep. Elise Stefanik and NRSC Chair Steve Daines. Who is more Establishment then?

[2016]

Glenn Youngkin is our man for 2028, we need to get Trump out in 2024 and go into damage control mode for DeSantis, keep the house and try flipping the senate. The WH isn't ours to take, best we can do is knee cap Biden until 2029 and hope the old geezer doesn't sh1t the bed.

Mind you that I still see DeSantis possibly winning the Presidency:

Map 1 (if he picks Sununu as Veep)

He doesn't need MI, PA, WI in this scenario, just has to hold all the States Republicans won in 2020 and pick off AZ (11), GA (16), NV (6) and NH (4, with Sununu as Running Mate).
271

Map 2 (if he picks Youngkin as Running Mate)

AZ (11), GA (16) and VA (13)
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Map 3 (Traditional Map)

AZ (11), GA (16) and WI (10)

Bottom Line: DeSantis has multiple paths to the WH while Trump only has ONE PATH and that path looks very shaky.