He never expected Trump to bounce back from the low approval ratings of the last months of his presidency and the dismal approval ratings of the period following Jan. Then, and only then, would he swoop in to anoint himself the victor. The Tapper interview proved that for DeSantis, the song remains the same.ĭid DeSantis ever have a strategy to replace Trump in the hearts of Republican voters? Is it too late for him to uncork one?Īs best as can be discerned, DeSantis’ plan appears to have been to wait until the impeached and disgraced Trump collapsed under the weight of his scandals, criminality, mischief, misbehavior and hubris. But it was also a missed opportunity for somebody who shows no sign of catapulting from his status as first runner-up to Trump and into the winner’s circle. This was a reassuring moment for the voters who want a Donald Trump-type president but not Donald Trump himself. So ended the expectations that DeSantis could be anything other than what he has been. “Motivated reasoning” by his opponents explains the flailing campaign stories, he insisted. The idea that he’s flailing? Well, he said, I’m performing fine in some state polls. Of his stalled campaign? He said he wasn’t working to juice his national poll numbers but to build a state-by-state machine to win primaries. Sounding like some of the more Trumpian Republicans out there, he called China our big adversary, not Russia.
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