By Mark Gray
1:21pm PST, Jan 22, 2024
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Following an underwhelming performance in the Iowa caucus and seemingly no path toward the Republican presidential nomination, Ron DeSantis ended his campaign for the White House on Jan. 21.
"If there was anything I could do to produce a favorable outcome, more campaign stops, more interviews, I would do it," he said in a video. "But I can't ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources if we don't have a clear path to victory."
Once a darling of the Republican party and someone who many felt was the heir apparent to Donald Trump, the Florida Governor struggled to gain real traction on the campaign trail. He endorsed rival Trump.
Following his departure from the race — leaving only the former POTUS and Nikki Haley on the GOP ticket — many in the entertainment and political spheres reacted. Some were gleeful at the news, whereas others complimented Ron on his campaign.
Keep reading to see how stars in politics and in Hollywood reacted to the news…
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"You belong in the Terrible Candidates Hall of Fame." -Mark Hamill
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"When the guy you just endorsed has been being raided, indicted, spied upon and incessantly beaten with the baton of communism, and you ran against him anyway? You assisted the system we are trying to take down. Ron's words ring hollow. Shoulda waited till 2028." —John Rich
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"I'd like to take time to congratulate Ron DeSantis, a really terrific person … for having run a great campaign for president. He ran a really good campaign. I will tell you, it's not easy. They think it's easy doing this stuff, right? It's not easy." –Donald Trump
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"Boy, are things changing fast. We just heard that Ron DeSantis has dropped out of the race. I want to say to Ron he ran a great race. He's been a good governor, and we wish him well. Having said that, it's now one fella and one lady left. May the best woman win." —Nikki Haley
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"Fire sale on all Ron DeSantis merch today!" —Gavin Newsom
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"No – he's not 'a bad candidate' – don't normalize him. he's a deathkkkult fascist candidate – he was gonna be more lawless than Trump and meaner! That was his promise – he got thousands of people killed lying about Covid – used immigrants as political props – Promised to 'slit throats on day one.' If the press had any decency or b**** they would have asked him whether he was psychotic for promising to slit throats on day one. Is he on medication for it – declared him manifestly unfit for any office of public trust." —John Cusack
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"It's amazing that when people step out of political races there's a kind of renewed affection for them, but this regard to this election, do you think that with DeSantis dropping out Trump is a certainty for presidency? Nikki Haley, does she really have a chance? Or will Joe Biden lumber on?" —Russell Brand
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"Like I've always said: Anyone who picks on gay or trans kids and tries to destroy Mickey Mouse while wearing 4″ lifts will never ever ever ever be President." –John Fetterman
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"Ron DeSantis Mocked For Using Fake Churchill Quote In Campaign Suspension Announcement" —George Takei
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"This is by no means the end of this great patriot on the national stage… Republicans MUST unite to sweep the Biden catastrophe from the White House and send the woke grifters of the left back to their rat's nests." —James Woods
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"These people, Ted Cruz, now Ron DeSantis, who watch their wives get chopped up into a thousand pieces politically by Donald Trump and then turn around and support him? Never, never, never in a billion years, would I do the same thing." —Joe Scarborough
