Can DeSantis cut through the Trump noise machine?
Once again, it’s Trump’s voice that drowns out all else. Congressional Republicans gathered in Orlando to discuss the party’s legislative achievements, but that agenda was eclipsed by the former president’s potential indictment.
Last weekend, Donald Trump posted a message claiming he would be arrested in the coming days over his false classification of hush money as a business expense and calling on his supporters to protest.
Some Republicans have defended Trump, calling the investigation politically motivated and an abuse of power. Florida governor Ron DeSantis, who has been losing ground to Trump in recent polls and is loath to further alienate his base, was forced to tread a delicate line, accusing DA Alvin Bragg of links to left-wing financier George Soros, but pointedly expressing his disapproval of the actions of which Trump is accused.
As in 2016, the former president’s rivals are having a hard time cutting through the noise he creates.
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