So DeSantis is considered "competent Trumpism" (an oxymoron, imo) when he's going to Pennsylvania to campaign for nutjob election denier Mastriano. DeSantis is not simply aligned with Trump's policies, he's championing election denial and divisive culture war BS as his most high profile national moves: "These democracy haters are good, but never mind that, watch how I stick it to the woke." He's learned from Trump people will forgive everything if you "fight" for their petty grievance and cultural stance. Newsflash, the center and center-right are fed up with these approaches. So "he fights", great, but for what, helping install authoritarians, dividing us further on cultural lines? Someone more competent at trashing civility and democracy is someone to rally behind because... he does it straightforwardly and unironically. Great. I'd like to hear a focus group of people who fully understand the people they're so thrilled with and the implications of how they're aligning themselves nationally instead of these knee jerk, "ooh he's tough" takes. It's just more fealty to incompetence.
So DeSantis is considered "competent Trumpism" (an oxymoron, imo) when he's going to Pennsylvania to campaign for nutjob election denier Mastriano. DeSantis is not simply aligned with Trump's policies, he's championing election denial and divisive culture war BS as his most high profile national moves: "These democracy haters are good, but never mind that, watch how I stick it to the woke." He's learned from Trump people will forgive everything if you "fight" for their petty grievance and cultural stance. Newsflash, the center and center-right are fed up with these approaches. So "he fights", great, but for what, helping install authoritarians, dividing us further on cultural lines? Someone more competent at trashing civility and democracy is someone to rally behind because... he does it straightforwardly and unironically. Great. I'd like to hear a focus group of people who fully understand the people they're so thrilled with and the implications of how they're aligning themselves nationally instead of these knee jerk, "ooh he's tough" takes. It's just more fealty to incompetence.