DeSantis? Establishment?
He's hated by the MSM, loathed by leftists everywhere, given no air time by RINOs, and even Billy Kristol's website dislikes him.
Establishment is Pence, Nikki Haley, Linda, Willard, Paul Ryan, and related losers.
DeSantis appeals to conservatives who want to continue MAGA without the WWE theatrics. Some people still like Trump's demolition derby style, and just like a Zappa fan must deal with Frank's anti-religious stances, Trump fans gotta deal with the 14-year old-like drama accompanying MAGA.
It's more likely that the "Establishment" theory is a leftist psyops, designed to torpedo a legitimate threat to statism.
That's not a criticism ... it's just the way our system works. The problem is that all too often, it DOESN'T work for the people who pay the bills and employ these political figures.
I would suggest that every Freeper should sit down and review Ron DeSantis' background carefully. Just list up to a half-dozen (or more) things that stand out from his biography -- Ivy League (twice) lawyer ... brief tenure at the DOJ ... career politician ... never worked outside government ... etc. If you read that biographical profile and didn't associate it with a specific person, you'd swear it fit the profile of a "Deep State" political operative to a T.
Now look around Washington these days. The place is filled with these people, and Donald Trump ran for office to fight this kind of sh!t.
Ron DeSantis is "managed," for sure. He will play the role of the outsider and the renegade while he must, but when push comes to shove and he's faced with a consequential decision in the White House where his principles are up against the financial interests behind the political forces there ... you can be damn sure he's going to come down on the side of Exxon/Mobil, Boeing, Raytheon, the John McCain Institute, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Until then, he's just George W. Bush in 2000 ... insisting that the U.S. should never get involved in "nation building" around the globe while the cabal of duplicitous @ssholes who manage him are already making plans for the country's next military (mis)adventures.
THE END.