Ron DeSantis's skirmishes against the woke culture engulfing America is more than just a campaign talking point
As Ron DeSantis traverses Iowa and New Hampshire, the early voting states in the 2024 Republican presidential primaries, the beat reporters who shadow him are taking literary license to meddle in his campaign. The unanimous contention is that DeSantis will fizzle out like a carbonated beverage left outside on a wilting summer’s day unless he rebrands himself.
Reporters feigned shock that DeSantis didn’t leverage last week’s interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper to tone himself down, but even if they mean well, I question the judgment of anyone who thinks that DeSantis can overtake Donald Trump by impersonating Mitt Romney.
Most Republicans applaud the disruptive brand of politics that Trump brought to the Oval Office and that DeSantis practices and preaches as Florida governor. Fighting Mickey Mouse and Bud Light won’t win him Electoral College votes in liberal New York and California, but his skirmishes against the woke culture engulfing America is more than just a campaign talking point. It’s the essence of what DeSantis believes in.
Campaigning in Iowa last month, DeSantis told NBC correspondent Dasha Burns that the woke culture is “basically a war on the truth.”
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