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The “don’t say gay”, “anti woke education” is purely Ron.
I do think other candidates will appear that also have a chance of winning the primary. Too early to be spending their money  and time on the primary campaign. >


The GOP must know that Ron DeSantis is the only candidate who can beat Trump.

I think it's actually the opposite:  DeSantis is more vulnerable to running against Trump than anyone in the field.
There just isn't anyone else who might run who has anything like this level of frankly embarrassing worship of Trump out there -- and for DeSantis, that's just the tip of the iceberg.  You probably could make something longer than the Lord of the Rings trilogy extended cut that's different ads and speeches with DeSantis talking about how Trump is basically Jesus.
How can you run against Trump as that guy and beat him?  You can't.  Not unless the party of loyalty over competence suddenly ditches that belief somehow.  DeSantis decided to make his brand be all about loyalty to Trump to get his career going.  The price of that devil's bargain is that he cannot run unless or until Trump decides he won't. >

The one thing DeSantis has that he can use to outflank Trump is his anti-vaccine stance. Even though he hadn’t historically being anti-vaxx, he has seen the writing on the wall. Trump promotes the COVID vaccines, while emphasizing that people should be free to choose — and he STILL gets booed. >

It's not a given that DeSantis and Trump will come up against each other in a Republican primary, but if they do... there's just no way Trump lets that contest be about issues or policy.  That's not how he rolls.
I'm not a fan of his, but it's hard to deny that Trump is super good at controlling a debate stage and/or a narrative.  I don't think DeSantis really has those skills.  He looks like a strong candidate right up until he actually has to spar with someone and that gets ugly for him fast. >

DeSantis has yet to run for a national office,  what rolls in craycray land may not work nation wide.
De.Santis has scandals aplenty, they just don’t get talked about much outside the state of Florida.  How well opposition picks him apart in primary might be fun to eat popcorn to. >

Genuinely asking because I'm not super familiar with Florida politics, what are some of DeSantis's scandals?