And even if he didn’t go for the kill on Wednesday, DeSantis demonstrated a willingness – and ability – to take Trump on.
He’s playing for the top prize, not a place in Trump’s Cabinet, or more likely his court at Mar-a-Lago.
With his performance, DeSantis cemented himself as the man best suited to unseat Trump as the undisputed champion of Republican politics.While so many of his colleagues onstage replied to questions with a decided lack of purpose, DeSantis spoke both fluently and passionately. A few moments later, he punctuated a picayune spat between Pence and Ramaswamy to make a grander point that resonates with both dyed-in-the-wool conservatives and the broader American electorate.
He only admitted that Pence did the right thing by resisting Trump’s calls for him to betray the Constitution in January 2021 after he was prodded to do so.DeSantis only admitted that Pence did the right thing by resisting Trump’s calls for him to betray the Constitution in January 2021 after he was prodded to do so.He also fumbled over a question about Ukraine, failing to articulate a clear foreign policy vision.
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