It done slipped long ago.
DeSanctus made himself odious to Trump supporters.
He began with no justification for his candidacy, other than being a less offensive version of trump.
He ended by offending tens of millions of voters.
They also ran on having the best team, making the right decisions and never leaking. All lies. The DeSantis candidacy is a lie.
And at the same time a far more conservative version of Trump who wins his elections, wins conservative battles, flips purple states red, spends his campaign cash on campaigning, not on lawyers and paying hush money to porn stars.
DeSantis is like Trump except he actually does the stuff he said he was going to do and doesn't do the stuff he never said he was going to do (like pass gun control by executive order and print $4 trillion in free money).
With Trump, you hope for the best. With DeSantis, you expect the best.