As more polls come out claiming Trump and DeSantis are tied among GOP primary voters, media outlets are asking why DeSantis won’t respond to Trump’s attacks. Additionally, Politico and other outlets point out that 28% of GOP primary voters are still backing Trump, implying a third-party nomination could doom the GOP. The latter concern is misguided because most states have a variation of a sore loser law, preventing those who lost primaries from appearing on the general election ballot as an independent candidate. Furthermore, DeSantis is simply using the Brian Kemp strategy of the past few years. While Kemp was ruthlessly savaged by the Trump team, Kemp focused on the issues, refused to acquiesce to ad-hominem attacks, and won reelection by 10 points in a purple state. Here’s how DeSantis is doing the same.
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The Governor is following the correct approach and one that others ought to adopt as well. No winners in a cat fight...which the media would only too gleefully exploit.
Stick with it...people are starving for legitimate political discourse.
At my age, I think that DeSantis has a lot of qualities that President Eisenhower had and they way they think. I feel DeSantis has an excellent shot at making it. I voted Trump for him both times, but not this time. DeSantis wants us to be Americans again.