Look at his ACTIONS.
His actions as governor mean nothing. The GOPe have no problem letting Republican governors govern as conservatives if it will help them establish one of their own as a “staunch conservative”. They’re playing for the big prize - control of the federal government. And they’re very sophisticated. They do this sort of thing all the time, although not usually on such a grand scale as they did with DeSantis.
In the past, it was enough for a Republican governor to have 1 or 2 policy successes that the GOPe could leverage to sell them to the base. How do you think the controlled opposition grift has gone on as long as it has and been so successful? With DeSantis, the GOPe knew they had to go an extra mile if they were going to hijack the MAGA movement from Trump. The astro-turf campaign to sell DeSantis as Trump’s successor started almost before Trump even left office (e.g. Trump with all the baggage, etc.).
Also ask yourself why the Republican controlled Florida legislature didn’t behave the way Republican majorities in states like Georgia and Arizona? Are Florida Republicans just that much less corrupt? To a certain extent that might be true. But if the GOPe really wanted to obstruct DeSantis as governor, you can bet they have some leverage that could have been brought to bear. But we saw none of the backstabbing of DeSantis’s agenda from Florida Republican that we so often see in other Republican controlled states, like Georgia, Arizona and Wisconsin, when they undermine conservative interests.
The company DeSantis keeps and the people with which he surrounds himself can not be ignored.
"His actions as governor mean nothing. The GOPe have no problem letting Republican governors govern as conservatives if it will help them establish one of their own as a “staunch conservative”. They're playing for the big prize - control of the federal government. And they're very sophisticated. They do this sort of thing all the time, although not usually on such a grand scale as they did with DeSantis.
In the past, it was enough for a Republican governor to have 1 or 2 policy successes that the GOPe could leverage to sell them to the base. How do you think the controlled opposition grift has gone on as long as it has and been so successful? With DeSantis, the GOPe knew they had to go an extra mile if they were going to hijack the MAGA movement from Trump. The astro-turf campaign to sell DeSantis as Trump's successor started almost before Trump even left office (e.g. Trump with all the baggage, etc.).
Also ask yourself why the Republican controlled Florida legislature didn't behave the way Republican majorities in states like Georgia and Arizona? Are Florida Republicans just that much less corrupt? To a certain extent that might be true. But if the GOPe really wanted to obstruct DeSantis as governor, you can bet they have some leverage that could have been brought to bear. But we saw none of the backstabbing of DeSantis’s agenda from Florida Republican that we so often see in other Republican controlled states, like Georgia, Arizona and Wisconsin, when they undermine conservative interests.
The company DeSantis keeps and the people with which he surrounds himself can not be ignored.