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- Scott Walker said Ron DeSantis was in a "good position" to make the case for a 2024 White House run.
- In an interview with NBC News, Walker also said Trump had "earned the right" to compete this year.
- Walker said Republicans needed to remain connected to voters "energized" by Trump in 2016 and 2020.
In 2015, then-Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker was seen as one of the party's strongest prospects to win back the White House, as he had become a star among conservatives over his moves to curb the powers of public-sector unions.
Headed into the 2016 presidential election, many expected Walker to dominate the Republican primaries and earn the party's nomination to face former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
But then Donald Trump happened.