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  I'd also like to point out that like 99% of the culture war bullshit legislation he passes gets quietly shot down in the courts a few weeks later. He's a lot more ineffectual than he would have you believe.
  
  I saw an interview with Newt Gingrich (can't find it on YouTube) where he was claiming that crime in the US was dramatically higher. The CNN host called him out using FBI statistics. He tried switching his claim by cherry picking cities ("look at Chicago") but the host kept pressing the facts until finally Newt said something like "People feel like crime is higher. When it comes to the election, you can have your facts. People vote with their feelings."
  While it's good that the courts have done their job, I think the test of DeSantis' success with a lot of voters isn't whether he's effectual in implementing his culture war policies as much as he's able to maintain an existential threat narrative and appear as a bulwark against it.
  In that capacity, I think he's been really successful in Florida. I don't know how that will translate to the national level, but for whatever weaknesses he has, he'll likely have the entirety of the conservative media shaping people's perceptions of him, which unfortunately has proven really effective.
context: Whoever can find a way to the use the word “woke” the most times, wins. >
  
  If you ask a Republican what woke means to them and you read between the lines, they will mean one of two things:
  
  People of color are an abomination
  
  or
  
  Being kind to those less fortunate is a waste of time
  
  What does that tell you about conservative values? >
  
  "Woke" simply means all the fellow humans that we shit in and oppress asking the way >
  
  I think the most obvious difference is that whenever desantis opens his mouth it sounds like he sprung a leak. The guy is hard to listen to. Trump is hard to listen to as well, but only because I disagree with what he says. His style is a little over the top for my tastes, but he has that over the top WWE style that Republicans seem to love. No matter how hard desantis might try, he simply won't be able to pull that off, and he'll end up seeming weak and boring when compared to trump. He's just not an entertainer. The dude is as dull as a rock. Put the two of them on a debate stage, and watch as trump beats desantis' political aspirations to death just by being the louder and more obnoxious of the two. >
  
  I'm not sure you even need Trump to beat his political aspirations on a debate stage. Charlie Crist pressed him to say he would serve for 4 years if elected Governor and he stood there frozen like a deer in the headlights for about a minute straight. I almost felt bad for him. 
  Charlie Crist did a decent job taking him to task and Charlie Crist is wet cardboard. If you get anyone seasoned and capable against him in a debate he'll wilt. >
  
  He's the definition of of a "hold me back" guy. He makes a big show but when actually pressed he backs down. It happened when Biden came to Florida for the building collapse and the recent hurricane.
  Not that I wanted DeSantis picking a fight at those crucial times, but if the right has their hopes up, he's never going to seek out a fight like Donald. >
  
  I’d love to know more about Ye was saying about DeSantis paying Ben Shapiro for favorable coverage. Also when Trump said he helped DeSantis win his first gubernatorial election. >
  
  I got you on the first part
  But I wanna hear more about that last part too… 👀 >
  
  Deathsantis only appears to be trump without the baggage because trump carries an extreme amount of baggage.  But Deathsantis has plenty.  From the way he treats Covid as a personal freedom of choice vice a deadly virus to the way he uses culture wars against Disney to force FL tax payers into paying millions more in taxes (that Disney would have previously paid).
  Make no mistake, Deathsantis is first and foremost a culture warrior that cares little for American Democracy.  Most of y'all haven't seen enough of him yet.  But you will.  And you'll be the worse for it. >
  
  His press secretary has ties to the Kremlin and he sent armed thugs to Rebekah Jones house. 
  He makes inflammatory policies. He is inflammation. 
  I'd also like to point out that like 99% of the culture war bullshit legislation he passes gets quietly shot down in the courts a few weeks later. He's a lot more ineffectual than he would have you believe.