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“It kind of makes me wonder - what do they expect of the next guy on the bench, DeSantis? Do they think he will sink into the swamp like most ‘Pubbies do?”

Good question.

If I had the chance to be a debate moderator, and ask DeSantis or any other self-proclaimed MAGA candidate one question - I’d ask this: “Do you think the 2020 election was stolen, and if so, what are you going to do about it?”

The thing is, these politicians all know full well that the election was stolen, but they have their reasons for not saying it out loud. One possible reason is that they are swamp creatures and like the swamp just the way it is. Another possibility is that they know the media will destroy them as conspiracy nuts, and they will get “cancelled”.

Then there are the rare few who have the balls to shout it from the rooftops that the 2020 election was totally stolen.

I watched a televised town hall in Bucks County, PA where Mehmet Oz was taking questions - someone asked what he would do as Senator about the stolen election. He artfully ducked it by tossing it over to John Fredericks who was on the campaign trail with him.

That was very clever, because Fredericks is an ultra-MAGA radio personality who is extremely outspoken about the stolen election - so the MAGA audience was appeased, yet Oz was able to avoid being caught on camera spreading crazy conspiracy theories. He also had Dr. Ben Carson there with him, who he used in a similar manner to avoid saying anything “too conservative” regarding abortion, transgender, etc., that could be used against him later when he wants to appeal to moderates and the woke crowd.

This is what politicians (except Trump) do. I understand that. Unfortunately, it means you don’t really know where they stand until it’s too late.

But I’m curious if DeSantis has been asked that question - and if so, how he handled it. I like whatever I’ve heard from DeSantis so far, but unless he has the balls to just say the election was stolen, I will reserve my judgment.