Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I am Chuck Todd reporting here in Washington, where the writing is already on the wall for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. There is no sugarcoating this. His emerging presidential candidacy is struggling, bigly, as someone might say, despite huddling with Republicans in Washington and at behind-the-scenes operation to try to cement and rally home state support,

it is Donald Trump who continues to pick up endorsements from Florida Republicans.

Today, you can add Congressman Michael Waltz, who represents DeSantis' old congressional seat

in Jacksonville. He officially endorsed Trump, touting the former president's record on the economy and

national security. We have a great governor. We have an abundance of leadership in Florida.

But my focus here in Washington is keeping the country safe. And we need bold leadership.

We need experience leadership. We need experienced leadership.

Like 10 congressional Republicans from Florida are now backing Trump and not DeSantis.

I mean, Descentes is kind of out of the picture in Florida right now.

Well, they're both delivering for Florida.

Stu, I mean, look, this is a difficult situation that we're in.

However, President Trump's from Florida.

He delivered for Florida.

And again, on the international stage, that deterrence is what we need.

He's not from Florida, but he's become a resident recently.

So I guess he is now a Floridian as far as Congressman Walts is concerned.

The contest for Florida House Republicans has so far not been a contest.

Trump has secured endorsements from 11 of the state's 20 congressional Republicans.

DeSantis has secured one.

His lack of support on Capitol Hill, by the way, he's a former member of Congress himself, may spell trouble for his support back home as well down the ballot.

According to Politico, Florida state legislators are deeply frustrated and feeling a bit worn out by the governor, particularly over his seemingly personal feud with Disney.

One GOP legislator privately told Politico,

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