{"id":1554143,"date":"2022-07-14T10:19:29","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T14:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1554143"},"modified":"2022-07-14T10:19:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T14:19:31","slug":"graham-says-hed-back-trump-over-desantis-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-says-hed-back-trump-over-desantis-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham Says He\u2019d Back Trump Over DeSantis in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgraham-says-hed-back-trump-over-desantis-in-2024%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1554143&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on July 13 said he\u2019d favor former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis if both run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like Ron DeSantis, but I know what I\u2019m getting with Trump. The good and the bad and everything in between,\u201d Graham said on Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump sounds pretty good to me right now,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>No candidates have formally announced bids for the next presidential race but\u00a0Trump, 76, has repeatedly hinted he will be running for a third time, but will not make an announcement until after the upcoming midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>Trump won the 2016 election and lost the 2020 election. In both races, he earned the Republican nomination.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis, 43, a former U.S. congressman who is up for reelection this year, has said he\u2019s focused on Florida, but some Republicans hope he\u2019ll launch a presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Trump supporters like Graham point to his accomplishments during his one term, including securing deals in the Middle East, cutting down on illegal immigration, and getting a slew of originalist judges on federal courts.<\/p>\n<p>Many DeSantis supporters say Trump\u2019s actions leading up to, on, and after Jan. 6 showed he shouldn\u2019t be president again. Some take issue with Trump\u2019s continued promotion of COVID-19 vaccines and other stances. A number still support Trump but would prefer DeSantis over him.<\/p>\n<p>Graham said little about DeSantis while comparing Trump to President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>, 79, who took office in January 2021 and who has said he will run for a second term despite questions about his fitness.<\/p>\n<p>Graham knocked Biden for the surge in illegal immigration that has occurred during his administration, joking that California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a rumored Democrat presidential candidate, \u201cmay be the only guy\u201d Biden \u201cis willing to deport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompare Biden to Trump when<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on July 13 said he\u2019d favor former President Donald Trump over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis if both run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024. \u201cI like Ron DeSantis, but I know what I\u2019m getting with Trump. The good and the bad and everything in between,\u201d Graham said on Fox News. 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