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  The biggest difference is that DeSantis will get to appoint everyone he needs because DeSantis has a better grasp of politics than Trump. DeSantis will be much more successful at using the executive office and federal government to achieve his culture war goals.
  Look at the quacks DeSantis surrounds himself with and puts in charge of Florida's health system. Now imagine that at a federal level. Getting vaccines or gender affirmative care will likely be nearly criminalized by the federal government under DeSantis' directive.
  And if DeSantis wins, he will likely take that as an approval of his anti LGBT policies, which means he'll only ramp it up even more in office. He will do anything to push for the jailing of transgender people, and push for cops to target LGBT people so the idea of coming out eventually means you are likely to be put on a sex offender registry.
  And lets not forget what he'll do to the department of education. America under DeSantis is Republicans culture war utopia.
context: DeSantis will be taken much more seriously than Trump when he is in office.   He's basically a toned down more presentable version of Trump. >
  
  Is this actually true though? I understand that it’s in vogue to view him as a temperamentally moderate alternative, but his political positions aren’t substantially different. Would similar actions from his administration not receive similar coverage due to his milder communicative approach? I completely understand that Trump’s temperament was his own worst enemy, but I just don’t see how a substantial majority of the country would be on board with his Floridian posture on the culture war.
  Maybe it resonates nationally, I could be wrong, but it doesn’t seem like a recipe for national success. My assessment of the modern Republican Party could be completely off base, but I see it as a party motivated by social grievances that will be perceived as extreme by a national audience. Abortion is an obvious example. I am 100% convinced that abortion rights will be a defining issue in this election cycle and I fundamentally don’t know what the winning Republican message on it is. A ban is deeply unpopular. Frankly, I think anything short of the Roe v Wade status quo will be a rough sell in 2024. >
  
  The problem with trump was never his policies for the most part. It was his demeanor. >
  
  I disagree vehemently. I hated trump for what he was, but once he took office and tried banning brown people from entering the country he gave me another reason to hate him. His response to covid, which directly contributed to hundreds of thousands more American deaths than if he had kept his trap shut made me consider him a mass murderer. Yes, murderer. He knew what effect his words would have on his idiot constituents, but he didn’t care if they died following his lead on covid prevention measures. He only cared about his image. Then he tried to overthrow our government and install himself as a dictator. Whether you choose to think of 1/6 that way is absolutely irrelevant. The fact remains that this was his goal and he took direct action to make 1/6 happen and to hold back the response designed to stop it.
  Theres a lot of reasons to hate Trump and his demeanor is the least of them. I won’t permit someone to suggest that the only thing wrong with Trump is his optics. The man is a traitor responsible for the needless deaths of countless Americans. THAT is why he is hated. >
  
  Personally I think the entire response to COVID  was over blown.  Forcing closures and lockdowns along with vaccine mandates. All this was going way too far.  This type of restrictions should never happen in America. >
  
  1.1 million Americans have died of covid since we started tracking covid deaths. Lethality is between 1 and 2% among the unvaccinated. Theres 330 million people in the US. If the population remained unvaccinated and didn’t follow social distancing measures thats about 4 million dead Americans. Vaccines and social distancing have saved millions of lives. I dont see how that is weighted less than a temporary inconvenience in anyones mind. 
  And thats really what it is. First of all there are no vaccine mandates in the US. Nobody has ever been forced to get vaccinated here. For a while, if you couldn’t prove you were vaccinated you wouldn’t be allowed into certain public spaces and businesses could deny you service. But that was all settled when republicans came down on the side of a bigoted baker denying gay customers a cake for their wedding so enjoy that taste of your own medicine.
  Now thats all over and nobody really seems to care much if you’re vaccinated or wearing a mask. The right was freaking out over being asked to do literally anything to prevent the spread of covid because being asked to do something they don’t want to do and being forced to do it are not distinguished in their mentalities. Being denied service because they couldn’t be bothered to wear a mask or get a vaccine for the sake of themselves and everyone around them is the behavior of a spoiled brat who doesn’t think any limits should ever be applied to them.
  You think we went too far on anti-covid measures? Thats literal American lives you would have been willing to spend just so you can eat at your favorite restaurant without having to wear a mask or get a vaccine. But sociopathic selfishness is essentially a requirement for being a conservative in the US so who’s really surprised? >
  
  I was literally forced to get the vaccine to keep my job.  5 weeks later was in the hospital with myocarditis and pericarditis they believe were related to the vaccine.  The Biden administration pushed many corporations to require vaccinations.  The government really crossed the line here.  The approach that was taken in Sweden was a much more rational approach and had an overall better outcome in terms of deaths per millions. >
  
  Why didn't you just quit your job and go get another one where there was no vaccine requirement?  Sounds like you had to deal with the consequences of your own decisions. >
  
  It was a tough decision.  It's difficult to walk away from a 6 figure salary, especially when your close to having enough years for a full pension.  I didn't know I was going to have a bad reaction to the vaccine. >
  
  
  It was a tough decision.
  
  Wait, it was a "decision"?  I thought you said you were "literally forced" to get the vaccine.  
  Which one is it: were you literally forced to get vaccinated, or did you decide to get vaccinated? >
  
  Trump made every step he took a circus because of Twitter, that's what hyper engaged the public in every policy matter he took, remember people only engage in the nitty gritty of policymaking and everyday bureaucracy when it's flashy and easily digestible.
  Every time Trump took a stance he would tweet, then we'd have a 24hr news circle on said policy, so the pubic was drawn into those discussions, but your average folk doesn't bother understanding bills or even stances if it's not compressed into 140 characters, 
  I think DeSantis would follow suit with his predecessors in not tweeting his every thought and your average Joe will not keep up with his daily agenda thus giving him leeway to act on staunch right wing ideology,, especially is you look at the new republican maneuver of pushing thru their agenda disregarding precedent and constitutionality knowing it will just make it's way thru the courts and rest at the hands of SCOTUS for approval. 
  Trump could of REALLY enshrined some crazy right wing beliefs in policy but he failed by tweeting and making everything a circus, remember how willing the house and Senate were to push the Trump agenda but he just made it SO difficult because his stream of consciousness would be held against Congressmen in press conferences beyond their ability to spin in? Republicans can spin ANYTHING, but not the absolute clownery that Trump would conjure up. 
  If DeSantis plays his cards rights and spins his ultra right wing policy by taking the podium and distracting from the substance of the bills, he can accomplish A LOT, remember any unconstitutional move will get blocked in the circuits, then fast tracked to SCOTUS.
  In the house if McCarthy wants to just get sauced by "I passed this" speeches then he will need the right wings extremist in the causus to go along, so he will be more inclined to support extreme bills that they prefer.
  The Senate will move in sync with the house because Republicans Senators are mostly just in the business of staying in office and since their terms are six years, they are more willing to pass a shitty bill just to get a 'win'  because the public will long have forgotten it by the next election. >
  
  Not sure I agree any right wing unconstitutional move will be blocked by this SCOTUS.  With this court, unconstitutional appears to be in the eye of the beholder. >
  
  I imagine a de DeSantis WH would be far more efficient and effective provided they win congress. De Santis has experience of running governmental institutions and has proved quite adept at using it to get results. Also think he would be able to win people over via the effectiveness of his policies in a way trump couldn't. Just look at how he has turned Florida red. He is simply a far more effective political operator.