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  They won't care as long as he continues to bully trans people.
context: He’s also good at ignoring actual problems like the homeowners insurance crisis and instead banning books, Disney, and vaccines. >
  
  Seriously, the legislature is holding a special session not to fix what they couldn't fix the last two times they tried (insane home insurance rate increases), but to figure out how they're going to strip Disney of municipal authority. Thank you so much, guys, that was definitely weighing pretty heavily on my mind. Paying triple to insure my house that's not on the coast or in a flood zone seems like a minor problem relative to whether Disney runs its own fire department. >
  
  I hate that we all have to pretend like Desantis is going to stand a chance all this time.  He has a charisma black hole; the gravitational pull of which will suck in and destroy any chance he has of winning a national election.  When he is finally on a debate stage with Trump it will be so obvious that even the most viewer-ship starved news organization will be forced to concede that the primary is over. I wish it wasn't true, but come on. >
  
  Are we sure there will be debates though? I could just see the Republican primary being a battle of who generates the biggest headlines. And DeSantis isn't that bad on that front >
  
  The Republicans said they won't join debates held by the Commission on Presidential Debates, who are the people who usually put them on and say they're non partisan. You're not talking about those, though. Also, the Republicans could change their mind later on. You want to debate if losing and not if winning; that goes for both sides.
  I'm pretty sure there will be debates. If DeSantis won't join, his other opponents will. >
  
  I so want to see the angry orange run as an independent so they can split the crazy vote between them. >
  
  He is running in 2024. There’s no way republicans can get around that. It’s either going to be as an independent or the Republican nominee. 
  I don’t think DeSantis will go down with the ship. He’s going to wait till 2028. >
  
  Trump is cooked.  He won last time because he was on TV a lot.  Conservative voters love the television set - they voted for the man on TV who said the things they agree with.
  But now he's not the TV man.  DeSantis is.  And so, Trump will fade into memory. >
  
  Nope, trump is still polling higher than DeSantis by like 20 pts and when DeSantis starts speaking at a national stage or debate trump, dude will bleed support.  Dude only looks good on paper.  In person, he's got no charisma w an annoying voice.  
  It will likely be Biden vs trump, which may be ideal and deliver both congress and presidency for dems. >
  
  
  It will likely be Biden vs trump, which may be ideal and deliver both congress and presidency for dems.
  
  I will remind you that this strategy returned disastrous results last time! >
  
  Worked out pretty good for dems? >
  
  If trump is even allowed to run for a second campaign than it immediately becomes a referendum on wether America wants a fascist state or not. No question about it that point, that’s what we’d be voting for…and when you make it that basic I’m just not sure how much faith I have that we do the right thing. I’d say the 2024 election (if it involves trump) would be akin to the 1860 and 64’ elections. Those were referendums on slavery and the continuation of the civil war and essentially one issue focused. I’d rather avoid the whole dinner than have to sit at this table >
  
  DeSantis is just as fascist as Trump. In fact, he's been a proudly and successfully pushing Florida towards fascism. You could make the argument he's shown himself to be more effective than Trump at implementing fascism. >
  
  Not disagreeing. The difference is in that one has openly taken off their mask by attempting a coup/overturning election. I don’t doubt that desantis wouldn’t be bad, but he can still say he hasn’t pushed the full button openly. If that makes sense ?!? >
  
  His strategy is to keep attacking the wokers and fomenting genocide against trans people. >
  
  Yeah, but doesn't that make him look like a pussy to these people?