Perhaps the longest anticipated presidential announcement finally occurred Wednesday evening.
There have been those (specifically Donald Trump and his cultists) who have suggested that Ron DeSantis waited too long to hop into the race and thus the momentum he garnered in the aftermath of his huge reelection victory as Florida governor has long dissipated. And given DeSantis wasn't even engaging Trump or any of the other POTUS candidates (because, y'know, he was a little busy running an incredibly successful state), it gave them an opportunity to try to define DeSantis.
But as Erick Erickson explains, Trump in particular fell for the brilliant trap DeSantis set for him.
Of course, all media outlets as well as Trump are jumping around like poo-flinging monkeys over the fact DeSantis's campaign launch had a snafu. The plan was for DeSantis to make his announcement via Twitter "Spaces" along with the platform's owner Elon Musk. However, the servers were so overloaded with participants that the announcement was delayed about 20 minutes. Let's face it though: if DeSantis ends up not being the GOP candidate for President, his bungled announcement won't be the reason. Heck, despite stumbling out of the gate, his campaign raised $1 million one hour after said launch.
Like it or not, DeSantis is the only candidate with a realistic shot to top Trump as the '24 Republican candidate. His campaign is already highly organized with staffers in such key states as Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, just to name a few. Also, pro-DeSantis Super PACs have raised more money than candidates Trump, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, Vivek Ramaswamy and Asa Hutchinson combined.
Yes it's true, most polls still show Trump with a commanding lead for the '24 nod, a fact that Trump and his minions pointed out incessantly all over the internet. That said, Trump must not feel that lead is safe given a) he's spent more money attacking DeSantis than he did cumulatively on his handpicked 2022 U.S. Senate candidates and b) he mocked DeSantis's Twitter space malfunction by invoking a Hitler reference.
Trump has become so desperate and envious that he’s now attacking Ron DeSantis and @elonmusk from the left by posting an AI video on Instagram where they’re on the same panel as Adolf Hitler, George Soros and Klaus Schwab. pic.twitter.com/8qsElW6vL6
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) May 25, 2023
DeSantis has given every indication that he's going to make substantive policy issues the focal point of his campaign.
Given his unhinged lunacy on his "Truth Social" platform, Trump signals he is neither capable nor interested in engaging on such topics. Sad!
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