Part of why I was supporting Desantis is he wins-the policies stick and don’t wind up as “we tried” or rallying cries but actually effective
100% team trump now but at some time in the future DeSantis could likely tear the embedded bureaucracy apart
I still see DeSantis and Trump working closely together THIS year and beyond to good effect, after putting bad blood behind them. And the Dems should be worried about the effects of that upcoming collaboration. Abbot and Paxton in Texas partnering with them too.
Desantis has a red legislature and no corruot intelligence community working 24/7 to undermine him.
Frankly, I think he was encouraged to run in 24 in order to cripple him for 28.
Had he’d stayed out, he could have been a contender, now he’s an also ran.
Trump’s court picks are still with us. That was his major, undoable win.