Former Florida Republican legislator Anthony Sabatini on Thursday dropped out of the GOP primary for his congressional race, hours after Donald Trump endorsed his opponent, incumbent U.S. Rep. Daniel Webster.
“Today, Donald Trump endorsed the incumbent in my race,” Sabatini wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “I don’t always agree with Donald Trump’s endorsements, but I understand the political reality of what they are. Tonight, I am withdrawing from District 11, and I will be running for the Lake County Commission. We need stronger Republicans in local office fighting for the America 1st agenda. District 11 will have to wait for another day.”
Sabatini has been a staunch Trump supporter — in 2021 he sponsored an amendment to name one of the state’s highways after Trump — and has been attacking Webster for months as a RINO — Republican in name only.
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