Ron DeSantis touts coroner support in new trough of South Carolina endorsements

Every endorsement matters in the Palmetto State, with DeSantis third place in polling.

Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ presidential campaign is promoting a swath of elected official endorsements, and one of them is a man who deals with life and death matters daily.

Greenville County Coroner B. Parks Evans, Jr. is among a list of notables who back the Florida Governor’s bid for the White House in a seeming rebuke to home-state candidate Nikki Haley and former President Donald Trump.

The names include not one but two people from Barnwell, which is near Haley’s hometown of Bamberg — a seeming regional flex.

In addition to scoring the backing of City Council member Jimbo Moody, Mayor Pro Tempore Peggy Kinlaw is on board.

“I support Ron DeSantis because his record as Governor is unmatched. DeSantis is a strong conservative who has protected our women and girls when other candidates have turned their backs on them. I call on my colleagues to unite around Ron DeSantis, who I know will lead us to victory in November 2024 and then deliver a bold, conservative agenda as President of the United States,” Kinlaw said.

State Rep. Tom Hartnett, Jr. also backs the Governor as “the leader we need for this exact moment.”

“He not only is the only candidate who I know can win, but he will be the president who will follow through on his promises to reverse the decline of our country,” the Mount Pleasant political legacy asserted.

Others on board include State Rep. Bill Taylor, Hampton Mayor Robert Brown, Berkeley County Clerk of Court Leah Guerry Dupree, Dorchester County Councilman Todd Friddle, James Island Town Councilman Troy Mullinax, Mount Pleasant Town Councilman Carl Ritchie, and Laurens County Soil & Water Commissioner Patrick Jackson.

The new endorsements come as polling finds the Governor in third place with 12% support, 40 points behind Donald Trump and six points behind Haley.

DeSantis has said he’s a “great candidate” for South Carolina and has suggested that despite still being Governor of a different state, he may sign a sublease in South Carolina to make the sale to the state’s Republicans. These new endorsers may have rooms to rent ahead of that state’s February Primary.

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Earl Pitts "The Big Voice On The Right" American
November 17, 2023 at 9:24 am

Good Morn ‘ting America,
Now you know some Dook 4 Brain’s Leftist shenanigans are afoot when the Leftist Compliant Media trots out an E££IN “Undertaker’s Endorsement”
MY BIG ‘OLE BUTT,
Earl Pitts American
Michael K
November 17, 2023 at 9:27 am

Of course, a coroner would be an expert at spotting a moribund campaign.
- Joe
  November 17, 2023 at 10:37 am
  
  Ha, beat me to the punchline! There’s a joke that writes itself.
  - Michael K
    November 17, 2023 at 10:51 am
    
    I know, right? It’s all become a parody of itself.
    - Silly Wabbit
      November 17, 2023 at 11:09 am
      
      Too easy.
  - Hank
    November 17, 2023 at 12:12 pm
    
    Jimbo Moody and Peggy Kinlaw is on board.
    
    That does it. I’m switching my vote to DeSanctus!
Richard Russell
November 17, 2023 at 11:01 am

Ron, the longer you remain in the race the worse you look for ignoring the inevitable – Trump Wins and you lose, not just this year but in future for your poor judgement.
My Take
November 17, 2023 at 2:30 pm

He has a personality they are familiar wiith.