- DeSantis is not a natural fit with Maga voters, so he tries dangerously hard to please them.
- DeSantis is abler and more disciplined than Trump.
- DeSantis must keep earning and retaining the trust of populist voters through his actions.
- DeSantis' conventional Ivy League résumé and photo-op with Biden during Hurricane Ian are liabilities.
- Expect more gestures in the vein of his Ukraine statement, his call for a grand jury to look into vaccines, or his rolling war on woke.
Don’t assume that DeSantis is a safe alternative to Trump
Precisely because the Florida governor is not a natural fit with Maga voters, he tries dangerously hard to please them
Janan Ganesh
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