Tomorrow evening Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will announce his bid to be the Republican standard bearer in the 2024 election.
DeSantis will make the announcement on Twitter while in conversation with Twitter CEO Elon Musk. I’m not sure why DeSantis wants Musk to do him what he has done to Twitter other than to enlist him to fight his battles against Donald Trump. While Trump will likely call Musk overrated, Musk will simply remind people he is richer than Trump. All the while DeSantis campaigns as the two titans fight it out. But Musk won’t be on the debate stage with Trump. And Musk could cool on DeSantis if he underperforms and could champion someone like Tim Scott.
I don’t see DeSantis defeating Trump. The only way DeSantis wins the Republican nomination is if Trump dies. And if DeSantis does win then he will lose to President Biden because he comes across like such an asshole. DeSantis managed to make a billion dollar corporation look like sympathetic underdogs. Hell, he makes Ted Cruz likable. Well, almost. The only way DeSantis beats Biden is if Congress refuses to certify the election which they could if Republicans are in control of either House.
Perhaps this is a dry run for 2028. But if DeSantis flops there won’t be a race to run in four years from now. I have a feeling DeSantis is going to learn the hard way and annoy a great many people along the way.
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