I believed that Republican voters were ready for a new post-Trump chapter of the America First movement. I now believe I was wrong.

Those of us who backed Ron DeSantis – or the other Republican candidates – should read the room. Former President Trump winnowed the field effortlessly and then crushed the remaining three candidates in Iowa. He leads in the polls everywhere else. It is time to coalesce and unite behind the clear preference of the GOP grassroots, Donald John Trump.

We do not have the luxury of further internal strife and instead must gird for an epic battle this autumn against our opponents who are inflicting daily damage upon America. Any further time, capital, and effort spent attacking the frontrunner, especially with Democratic Party-like talking points, only dilutes the power of our cause as we head toward November.

[I’d find this argument more compelling if Trump and his supporters hadn’t been making it since November 2022 when Trump announced. There is nothing damaging about primary elections, especially (as it turns out) to Trump. Voters in 49 other states probably would like to have a chance to at least participate in this process. — Ed]