DeSantis has been a good ally to Trump, but unlike Trump he hasn’t challenged the GOP elites. Has he ever gone after McConnell? Did he do anything to primary useless RINOs?
He has completely remade the state GOP, which was owned by Jeb! types for generations.
He got rid of the corrupt Dem election infrastructure, which was totally protected by the GOPe.
He has fought and defeated the state GOP party machine. He is a governor, and that is the turf on which he successfully battled.
Before that, he was a Congressman, a founding member of the Freedom Caucus.
As governor, DeSantis has accomplished more to defeat the establishment of both parties than any other politician on the political scene today, except for Trump himself.