I think DeSantis thought he'd say he was Smart Trump and the nomination was his. His campaign makes no sense. On the one hand - he says he's sane and competent but on the other his campaign (and his PAC) are run by people who are way too online. Culture war stuff only works for the right-wing if they choose the right topics and cover them in the right way.
Freaking out the GOP in the suburbs not only is a loser in the general but a loser in the primaries as well. They aren't into Twitter drama, online minutiae and outright Nazi stuff. And Trump is his own thing. He's a cult leader with 10,000,000s of devoted followers. There's no way to duplicate that and simply take his voters.
I think DeSantis thought he'd say he was Smart Trump and the nomination was his. His campaign makes no sense. On the one hand - he says he's sane and competent but on the other his campaign (and his PAC) are run by people who are way too online. Culture war stuff only works for the right-wing if they choose the right topics and cover them in the right way.
Freaking out the GOP in the suburbs not only is a loser in the general but a loser in the primaries as well. They aren't into Twitter drama, online minutiae and outright Nazi stuff. And Trump is his own thing. He's a cult leader with 10,000,000s of devoted followers. There's no way to duplicate that and simply take his voters.