Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s weaker-than-expected campaign is prompting other Republicans, such as Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, to take a new look at running for preside…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s weaker-than-expected campaign is prompting other Republicans, such as Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, to take a new look at running for president, GOP strategists say. These Republicans argue that DeSantis, long seen as the strongest potential challenger in a GOP primary to former President Trump, has failed…

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m hoping they’ll embrace Christie because he and Trump will destroy each other. They will just get angrier and angrier at each other until they absolutely have no idea what to do about it.

  • SnowGlobal@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 year ago

    How will the next one deal with trying to court Trump’s base while also not pissing off Trump’s base? Desantis was trying to get to the right of Trump on a number of issues but still refused to take any real shots, except at his own feet.