Florida is joining the national Republican Party in the bid to enforce unity and loyalty among the party’s 2024 field of candidates.
Politico reported on Thursday that candidates seeking to appear on the ballot in the Sunshine State, site of a winner-take-all primary where 125 delegates are at stake, will be required to pledge their loyalty to the party’s eventual nominee, in the event that they lose. It’s an unprecedented move for the GOP that comes after the contentious 2016 nomination of Donald Trump resulted in a number of prominent #NeverTrump conservatives splintering off and refusing to support his nomination or general election candidacy that year.
