“...author intimating that DeSantis is bought and paid for? Seems like quite a stretch.”
Yes, it certainly does; it’s a left-handed smear campaign against DeSantis, if you ask me, the Establishment essentially trying to TELL him, “You’ll run in ‘24 or else.”
And that whole “coveted” BS ... “coveted” by who?
CERTAINLY NOT DeSantis! He’s head down over his chess board in FL locking down the Governor’s chair, and I — among MANY — am growing quite impatient with these never-Trump ninnies constantly braying, like the closet Democrats they are, about a DeSantis 2024 run at the Oval Office.
It’s NOT gonna happen! Whether he’s out-and-out SAID it, or not, IS NOT THE POINT! THE POINT is that he IS NOT positioning himself to execute on that strategy; his political “body language,” if you will, exhibits an unswerving intent to Govern Florida for another four years.
All this other is just a never-Trumper political wet dream.
AAANNNDDD....
...for those creaming their shorts over the notion of a DeSantis/Newsome battle in ‘24, well... you morons can shut off the politi-porn, and go get fresh undies ‘cuz Gavin Newsome himself JUST threw all of his weight behind another four years as Governor of CA.
Hapless, hopeless, half-witted, haters of Trump need to go jump in a lake — falling temperatures be damned, and wake up to Reality: Trump remains WILDLY POPULAR, continues to GROW is ranks of supporters, is the Presumed GOP Nominee for 2024, has ZERO CREDIBLE competition, and — to the delight of all fans of the American Constitutional Republic — frequently and mightily chafes and chaps the asses of his detractors even as he dominates his rent-free accommodations inside their skulls.
To back up my claim about Newsome:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4103078/posts
Read ‘em and weep ya never-Trump nutbars!