Ron DeSantis stands no chance against a political barbarian like Donald Trump
There is one thing I like about former President Donald Trump: He's going to make Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' life absolutely miserable.
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"There is one thing, and one thing only, I like about former President Donald Trump: He’s going to make Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ political life absolutely miserable......
But for all his bluster and right-wing celebrity, for all the boxes he checks on the MAGA-purity checklist, there’s this reality: Trump is going to eat DeSantis’ lunch, stuff the lunch bag in his mouth and leave him pantsed and bawling on the political playground.
This Trump-heavy swing happened while DeSantis was making what are theoretically all the right moves to win over the GOP base. He has been attacking Disney, making life difficult for Florida teachers, combatting diversity in state colleges and generally doing what one does to court voters who survive on a steady diet of Fox News and conspiratorial Facebook memes....
This is the conundrum for DeSantis and anyone else toying with a run at the GOP presidential nomination. You can do all the things you think a presidential candidate should do, and none of it will matter, because at the end of the day, you have to face off with the political equivalent of a rabid badger on bath salts. There is no “too low” in Trump’s vocabulary, and there is no “too far” in the lengths he’ll go to degrade, dehumanize and destroy an opponent."....
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I found this left winger comedian's commentary kind of funny on this issue. Looking at his twitter it appears he might hate DeSantis even more than Trump and he hates Trump. He does make some good points about how Trump deals with the GOP opposition and how effective it is most of the time.
If it was anyone but Trump I think the establishment GOP and all those mega rich donors combined with Fox News mostly trying to bury Trump's chances would be able to keep him from getting the nomination but unlike the left the right cant be as easily swayed by the media as the left (see how the lefty media in 2020 took the nomination away from Bernie). I do think if DeSantis does announce in May things will get pretty bad however with the media and many Rep social media influencers on board trying to take down Trump. In my mind the question is if Trump can totally lock down most of his non-establishment base prior to Iowa and have DeSantis by that point just considered as another establishment backed candidate trying to take Trump out. If Trump has him mostly painted that way by Iowa we aren't going to have that extended primary like we did in 2016.