today and threw in his support for donald trump. here s donald trump talking about desantis s endorsement. i d like to take the time to congratulate ron desantis and, of course, a really terrific person. ay as you know he left the campaign trail at 3:00 p.m. today. in doing so he was very gracious and endorsed me, so i appreciate it. gracious. weia don t hear that word a lot from donald trump, but he s trying to get everybody to support him. now the race is narrow, head-to-head between trump and haley. trump leads with independents. haley is 19 points behind trump overall. what b comes next? and how close are we in another head-to-head race between donald trumphe and joe biden. joining me now are my guesti gu hanging with me. our resident floridian, former republican congressman david jolly anwho s going to welcome n desantis home with a big banner, we hear, he s back with us as well. let me start with you. you ve done a fair amount of reporting on the republican primary.
in his own state, but he suspended his campaign for president today, and threw his support behind former president donald trump. and here is trump at a rally earlier tonight, talking about desantis endorsement. i d like to take time to congratulate ron desantis. and of course, a really terrific person. but as you know, he left the campaign trail today at three pm, and in so doing, he was very gracious, and he endorsed me. so i appreciate it. gracious, we don t get that word a lot from donald trump, but he is trying to get everybody to support him. so now the race is narrow, a head to head between trump and nikki haley. haley leads trump among independents, a crucial block here in new hampshire, where there are more undecided voters than republicans or democrats. but she is 19 points behind trump overall. so, what comes next, and how close are we to another head to head presidential race between donald trump and joe biden? joining me now, nbc news correspondents dasha bu
hampshire, where in just two days, voters will head to the polls the first primary election of the 2024 presidential cycle. but it has been a wild 24 hours in the race for the republican nomination, after florida governor ron desantis once, the next great hope of the republican party not too long ago. i mean, i am talking less than two years ago, the next great hope. he won by 19 points in his own state. but he suspended his campaign for president today, and through his support behind former president donald trump. and here is trump at a rally earlier tonight, talking about desantis s endorsement. i d like to take time to congratulate ron desantis. and of course, a really terrific person. but as you know, he left the campaign trail today at three pm, and in so doing, he was very gracious, and he endorse me. so i appreciate that. gracious, we don t get that word a lot from donald trump, but he is trying to get everybody to support him. so now the race is narrow, a head to
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