Well, it sure isn't according to Joe Hoft, who obviously knows much better than Ron DeSantis what Ron DeSantis should do. I get the impression that no matter what Governor DeSantis does or does not, this guy will find something wrong with it.
What this 'columnist' is doing is what is called 'scripting' in psychology. Wherein the writer wants a certain behavior from another, and that other is supposed to pick it up by mental telepathy. And when that target person doesn't do as the scripter desires, the motives can only be bad.
I'm sure that DeSantis has his reasons, and he's not obligated to tell us all of his motives. Instead, look at the man, see what he does for the state of Florida, and what he does say. And filter out the noise, because it's only going to get a lot louder as time goes on.
Well, that's not going to work. Whatever I may think of something he's done, DeSantis is his own man. Hoft should save his "scripting" for beta males.
You may be right, who could ever know, but anyone who attempts to psychoanalyze someone else, even knowing the lexicon of psychology, automatically makes me doubt anything you have to say.
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That said, I'm in the Trump '24 - DeSantis '28 group. Or better Trump/DeSantis '24.