Pfft. He’s not a candidate. Is that politics has become? You identify potential candidates, and slime them to make sure they don’t become candidates? Can you name a successful candidate for whom that’s worked as a strategy? Go with that if you like, but it makes Trump look petty
“He’s not a candidate.”
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The person DeSantis needed to persuade on this score is and has always been the Bad Orange Man.
The fact that he’s persuaded you doesn’t mean much, frankly.