The Florida governor in his effort to to get the 2024 Republican Presidental nomination, is going after companies in Florida that do NOT bow down to Republican conservative efforts to go back to 1950’s America….
Unlike President Biden?
DeSantis IS going HARD at things he wants…..
I have always thought DeSantis would be more of chance to run in 2024 for Republicans than Trump….
And more dangerous against a changing America of the 2020’s….
Think about the recent headlines coming from Florida and its Republican governor.
* DeSantis pushed the Republican-controlled Florida state legislature to take up a bill to rescind Disney’s special status in the state after the company publicly opposed what critics call the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which the governor signed last month. State lawmakers sent that measure, as well as another aimed at Disney, to DeSantis’ desk on Thursday.
* DeSantis advocated for a new GOP-friendly congressional map in Florida, which state lawmakers gave final approval on Thursday.
* DeSantis suggested on Tuesday he may use the power of his office to go after the Twitter board of directors if they refuse to sell the social media giant to Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
* DeSantis’ administration last week rejected 41% of new math textbooks that were submitted for the next school year, citing the teaching of critical race theory as one of its reasons. That came after DeSantis urged the passage of the “Stop WOKE Act,” which is aimed at limiting alleged liberal concepts in school curriculum.
(The only thing DeSantis hasn’t said he will use the power of the Florida government to address is Rudy Giuliani’s appearance Wednesday night on “The Masked Singer.” Yet.)
This is a page taken directly out of Trump’s political playbook…
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Trump had and has — whether you like him or hate him — a highly attuned ear for what got people scared or outraged. He could, within the course of a day, identify what the big story was going to be for his base and lean like crazy into it.
That is exactly what DeSantis has been doing for months now. He sees what is bubbling up on Fox News and then finds a way to insert himself into the conversation. But unlike Trump in 2016, DeSantis is a sitting governor, with a compliant Republican legislature at his beck and call.
All of which means DeSantis can use the power of the government in one of the largest and most influential states in the country to curry favor with the national GOP base on the issue du jour — Disney! Twitter! Wokeness! — is.
Meanwhile, Trump is not only out of office — and without the platform that gives you — but also uniquely fixated on relitigating the 2020 election….