Unless you’ve been living under a rock or taking a glorious vacation from Twitter (remember to touch grass sometimes, y’all), you have noticed the GOP primary is a full-on battle mode between Team Trump and Team DeSantis. Things got extra heated today with new endorsements for both rolling in from the Florida delegation.
First up was Representative John Rutherford from Jacksonville, Florida with a glowing recommendation for former President Trump.
— John Rutherford (@JRutherfordFL) April 18, 2023
Not unexpectedly, Twitter was quick to share all their feelings about Rep. Rutherford’s endorsement.
Apparently you missed the deadly BLM and Antifa riots in the Summer of 2020, Trump's response was to let it happen, DeSantis' response was to create Anti-Rioting legislation. Trump let the left burn or cities and you support that.
— KRYSTAL in FL 🇺🇸 🐊 (@MsBradsher) April 18, 2023
Still, other Twitter users promised to make sure he had a challenger in the next primary.
Found another Trumper who needs a primary challenger ⬆️
— Gen-X PDX (@AnticomPDX) April 18, 2023
And of course, a commenter had to get in a dig about the Congressman’s low follower count, natch.
I’m actually a constituent of his and I’ve never seen a Congressman with so few followers. DeSantis is the law and order candidate in the race. Trump – not so much.
— Mayor of DeSantisville (@DeSantisville) April 18, 2023
Not to be outdone, Team DeSantis also claimed a new endorsement from another Florida Congresswoman, Laurel Lee:
🚨 Florida Congresswoman Laurel Lee Endorse Governor DeSantis for President 🚨 pic.twitter.com/AgBXgEV39J
— Erin Perrine (@ErinMPerrine) April 18, 2023
As usual, Twitter had big opinions about this endorsement for Governor DeSantis who has not yet declared his run for the presidency.
Who?? Never heard of her. Weird. I’ll take a @gregsteube endorsement over an “L” any day.
— The REAL Politically Savvy (@patriot_savvy) April 18, 2023
Ouch!
To be fair, Congresswoman Lee was previously the Secretary of State in Florida. Admittedly, Florida is a pretty small state. Heh!
How many is that now?
2?Or is it 3?
It's hard to keep track.
— Phantom Shadow (@Fuknutz) April 18, 2023
Team DeSantis calls him the outsider candidate for the people. Maybe too many endorsements would ruin his rep?
We have to include a palate cleanser after all that sass and one Twitter user provided just the awwww we all needed:
— Chels (@ChesterTweet) April 18, 2023
This primary is just beginning!
It’s going to take a thick skin to battle through it and we here at Twitchy will cover it all for you!
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