Ron DeSantis is the GOP’s biggest success story coming out of the midterm elections. And you know what? He earned it. He kept his head down and kept his eyes on the prize, and it paid off for him. Quite handsomely, in fact.
Nevertheless, there are a lot of genius pundits out there who are weirdly obsessed with downplaying DeSantis’ victory. Despite the GOP’s disappointing performance, the Left and the Resistance are pretty clearly terrified of DeSantis.
As we told you, Adam Kinzinger was very emphatic that just because DeSantis ran away with the Florida gubernatorial race doesn’t mean that DeSantis is the future of the Republican Party. University of Florida Prof. Michael McDonald is taking a similar approach to those results:
Florida Democrats ran a Republican-lite candidate who ran a tepid campaign for Gov against DeSantis, who has a $100+ million war chest and the power of incumbency. Democrats clearly said…meh I'm not voting
— Michael McDonald (@ElectProject) November 9, 2022
What about DeSantis as a politician (since we likely will have to hear much about him for the next 2 years)? So far, he does not inflame Dems in the same way Trump does. He gives the same policies that please Reps, but is less personality driven. That's why Rep donors love him
— Michael McDonald (@ElectProject) November 9, 2022
So, takes like this about Florida are wrong. I suspect we'll hear more about how DeSantis changed Florida to be a solid red state, when the real story is how his brand of politics manages to activate Republican voters without strong backlash from Democrats https://t.co/R2SQa0S7AD
— Michael McDonald (@ElectProject) November 9, 2022
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Can DeSantis's political style continue to be successful once he is the focus of the harsh spotlight of the national media? We'll see…
— Michael McDonald (@ElectProject) November 9, 2022
OK, that’s enough. You guys get the idea. “Once he is the focus of the harsh spotlight of the national media”???
I feel like you may have missed a few things…
— TweetyBurg (@nivratsmom) November 9, 2022
Where have you been?
— Austere News & Opinion (@commanderdata85) November 9, 2022
Safely ensconced in the academic bubble, no doubt.
That’s you living under a rock: https://t.co/fpvtEFcr9A pic.twitter.com/xuUUFPqdHE
— Rocky (@wavechaser2024) November 9, 2022
No kidding.
Yes, he's definitely had it easy when it comes to national media. Good call
— N.A.R (@loscontrarian) November 9, 2022
Siri, how did the term “Don’t Say Gay Law” become a thing? https://t.co/ZJk5Ekiujd
— B.T. Mattison (@BT_Mattison) November 9, 2022
Ahem.
https://twitter.com/NicholasJBarry/status/1590399927137734657
Never.
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/1590397461528342528
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/1590397650116878336
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/1590398595551068160
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/1590399376769552384
Would it literally kill pointy-headed clowns to just admit that maybe — just maybe — Ron DeSantis is actually up for all this and is actually pretty darn good at it?
Once?
You must not have paid attention to the national media’s already existing harsh spotlight on DeSantis.
No reason for you to have done so, what with being a blue check professor specializing in electoral politics. https://t.co/i61swx29m3
— Laurel Van Driest (@lvandriest) November 9, 2022
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