DeSantis scares the crap out of Democrats nationally. Every attempted takedown, from the "Don't say gay" controversy, to his opposition to CRT in schools, to his anti-mask/schools open position, to his hoped-for failure in responding to the hurricane, has failed. Miserably. He's extraordinarily smart, very disciplined, and unafraid of speaking truths that anger the left.
And they have no answer for him. None.