DeSantis’ win in Florida also changes the state’s landscape, which was previously viewed as purple, to reliably red.
Throughout his time as Florida’s governor, DeSantis has shown a willingness to fight. He’s demonstrated his resolve to stand up for principle, even when it means taking hits from the left.
The case against Trump
Some of the former president’s fiercest loyalists want him to seek reelection again. Yet, the problem is Trump just cannot win. For one thing, his presence in the GOP garnered major losses for Republican candidates.
Trump claims he endorses the best of the best.
Yet, Republicans like Tudor Dixon in Michigan and Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania, both Trump endorsees, lost their campaigns to Democrats Gretchen Whitmer and John Fetterman, both of whom should have been easy to defeat.
In order to win a general election, Trump will need more than just populist conservatives and Republicans. He will need moderates, Independents, suburban moms, and swing voters.
He does not have this support, plain and simple. Where Trump would lose these voters, DeSantis would win them over. A Trump candidacy would also push centrists and undecideds to the left, rather than the right.
