We now know what Ron DeSantis thinks about Florida Senator Rick Scott endorsing Donald Trump, and, as it turns out, he's not much impressed.

As RedState reported on Thursday, Scott, the junior senator from Florida and DeSantis' gubernatorial predecessor, threw his support behind Trump, saying it was time for Republicans to unite "behind one candidate, and declare with one voice that we are united in our efforts to defeat Joe Biden and rescue America."

There is speculation that several other Florida Republicans will join Scott, a longtime Trump ally, in endorsing the former president. The endorsements may come as soon as this weekend, following the conclusion of the Florida Freedom Summit. Trump may also pick up additional support as he holds a rally next week instead of participating in the third presidential debate.

In reacting to Scott's endorsement, DeSantis noted that endorsements are all well and good, but not a single vote has been cast yet in the presidential primary:

“I must have missed where those voters have actually voted yet. Isn’t it odd that we haven’t had one contest, and there’s people that are having a rush to try to sort of short circuit the people’s voice. So the people haven’t been able to speak,” said DeSantis. “And I can tell you, obviously, the former president has support, but there’s a lot of people that haven’t made up their mind. There’s people that are leaning to him now who are not, have not made a final decision. And so you’re going to start to see, as we get in the next couple of months and into the new year, you’re going to start to see people make some decisions about, okay, what’s the pathway for the Republican party going forward?”

Like Trump, DeSantis is racking up his own slate of endorsements, with a DeSantis spokesman saying: 

Ron DeSantis has more endorsements from state legislators than the former president in Iowa (41), New Hampshire (62), and South Carolina (16). He also has the support of almost all Florida elected officials because he worked with them to deliver historic results for the conservative movement. The governor will win his home state because Floridians want to see a fighter who will bring the same type of results-oriented leadership to Washington that he has provided in the Sunshine State.

With the first votes of the GOP presidential primary not being cast until the Iowa caucuses on January 15, 2024 -- and with the RNC instituting stricter eligibility requirements on future debates -- some on the right are echoing DeSantis' warning that voters should be given the time to hear from all the candidates before settling on a candidate. 

Scott didn't come right out and say that other candidates should drop out of the race right now and unite behind Trump, but it was certainly implied. Polls show Trump with a substantial lead at this point, but prominent voices like Marco Rubio, the senior senator from Florida and Scott's colleague, are refusing to make endorsements "for some time." 

DeSantis doesn't seem fazed that he is trailing Trump in the polls, saying, “Well, you’ve looked at the Iowa caucus polls the last few times, whoever was winning right now in those polls did not actually win the Iowa caucus, and so, this thing is very dynamic, it’s just getting underway where people are starting to pay attention."