DeSantis should have come out fighting…for Trump. He is (was?) viewed favorably by MAGA conservatives. I don’t see how anyone can be so blind as to see what happened to Trump, see what IS happening to Trump, then join the bandwagon attacking him. It should go without saying that whatever the Swamp is doing to Trump they will do to anyone else who attempts to drain the swamp, so DeSantis should have joined the fight to defend Trump. I think he can still come back from this, but he needs to step out soon and get enthusiastically behind MAGA.
” I think he can still come back from this, but he needs to step out soon and get enthusiastically behind MAGA.”
Good point.
On reflection I think DeSantis still has an opportunity here—but he has to show real courage and take a real risk.
He still can stand up for Florida J6 prisoners—even after the campaign is over.
I can even give him some words for his withdrawal speech that can begin a new life for him—as the hero instead of the punch line of jokes:
“This chapter of my life has come to an end. I am ending this campaign and beginning another one.
I want to talk about the next chapter of my life. As governor of Florida I am going to stand up for the political prisoners rotting in Federal prison due to the insane and vicious persecution by Democratic Federal prosecutors and judges and juries.
I am going to name the Florida citizens who are the January 6 political prisoners. I am going to take up their cause and I am going to ask the Florida legislature to join me in this fight. As a state we are going to work with attorneys to file appeals for each and every Florida resident affected by this grotesque injustice. In addition we will launch a public relations effort to publicize each individual case so that everyone in America and around the world understands their plight.
This injustice will not stand—I will make their cause my cause—and we will prevail because we believe in justice in America.....”
The door is still open for Ron.
Can he reach deep within himself to muster the courage to go through it?
(There is a poster here with the perfect tagline for this situation—”Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway”—John Wayne)