Last week a bunch of legislators in Iowa endorsed Governor DeSantis ahead of his trip to the state, which was released by the PAC supporting him.
Apparently Trump released his own YUGE list of endorsements on Saturday but apparently the list isn’t entirely accurate:
AXIOS – Trump on Saturday rolled out his own slate of 150 endorsements from “elected and grassroots leaders” in Iowa — but at least three people on the list tell Axios they were not consulted and remain undecided.
Former GOP congressional candidate Gary Leffler told Axios that a reporter alerted him that his name was on Trump’s list on Saturday — while he was attending DeSantis’ event.
“I lean Trump, but I 100% believe that DeSantis is the future of the party for 2028,” Leffler said, adding that he met with officials on both the Trump and DeSantis teams on Monday to discuss his support.
Laura Carlson, vice president of the Iowa Federation of Republican Women and founder of the club Republican Women of Central Iowa, was also surprised to see her name on the list — and told Axios she now wonders about the veracity of the other endorsements.
Another longtime GOP activist, who did not wish to be publicly named, told Axios that she was added to the list without a request from the Trump campaign, or any agreement from her.
What it sounds like to me is that Trump told his campaign to release a YUGE list since DeSantis had a good one put out in his name.
I’m guessing it was thrown together in a hurry and same names were put on there that weren’t vetted. I’m not saying they lied about it, but it does throw into question the other names on the list.
I know Trump likes ratings and endorsements equal a kind of ‘ratings’, but it’s not a good look when people on the list say they never endorsed.