The Brief<\/p>\n
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he does not support U.S. Rep. Cory Mills ahead of the GOP primary.<\/p>\n
The comments come as Mills faces reports of a Justice Department investigation, which he disputes.<\/p>\n
Mills is seeking reelection in Florida’s 7th Congressional District against three Republican challengers.<\/p>\n
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Republican U.S. Rep. Cory Mills faces a potentially competitive primary with challengers Ryan Elijah, Sarah Ulrich, and Michael Johnson in a fight to represent Florida’s 7th Congressional District. A recent poll shows many Republican primary voters are still undecided.<\/p>\n
Many high-profile Republicans have come forward to endorse the incumbent’s opponents, while others, such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have said they will not support Mills’ reelection bid.<\/p>\n
DeSantis stops short of any endorsment<\/p>\n
What they’re saying<\/p>\n
Gov. DeSantis said Friday he does not support Republican U.S. Rep. Cory Mills, delivering the remarks just days before voters decide the GOP primary for Florida’s 7th Congressional District.<\/p>\n
“I have not endorsed Cory Mills, and I do not support Cory Mills,” DeSantis said when asked about the race during a news conference in Daytona Beach.<\/p>\n
DeSantis did not say whether he supports any of Mills’ Republican primary opponents and took no additional questions about the race.<\/p>\n
His comments came after President Donald Trump reposted endorsements of other Republican incumbents seeking reelection but did not include Mills.<\/p>\n
Mills also faces reports of a Justice Department investigation. Details of the reported investigation remain unclear. Mills has disputed the reports on social media, calling them “fake news” and a “political witch hunt.”<\/p>\n
Mills responded to DeSantis’ remarks on social media, noting that the governor had not endorsed his opponents either. Mills also praised DeSantis and said he respects him.<\/p>\n
Mills had been scheduled to appear Friday morning for an interview on “Good Day Orlando” but did not appear.<\/p>\n
Florida’s 7th Congressional District includes Seminole County and part of Volusia County. The primary election is on Tuesday, Aug. 18.<\/p>\n
The Source<\/p>\n
This story was written based on information shared by Victory Insights, Rep. Cory Mills and Gov. Ron DeSantis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he does not support U.S. Rep. Cory Mills ahead of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[14256,3951,28,30,29,109539,150332,150333,95552,150331,58654,412],"class_list":["post-372091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-congressional-district","tag-cory-mills","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-floridas-7th-congressional-district","tag-gop-primary","tag-justice-department-investigation","tag-michael-johnson","tag-republican-challengers","tag-republican-primary","tag-ron-desantis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}