After the CNN townhall Ron DeSantis should be mostly concerned with redecorating the governor’s mansion in Tallahassee. 😏
Granted, Trump’s performance on CNN served to fire up the members of the Trump personality cult. But’s that all it did. Nothing in his brash, over-the-top review of his 2020 grievances did one thing to draw independents / moderates to his cause. He lost moderates (especially suburban GOP women) in droves in 2020, which is why he is no longer in office.
Trey Gowdy said it best recently: There is no reason to think any of the swing states he lost in 2020 would flip back his way in 2024. And while polls may show him leading Biden at the moment, please note that he is still stuck in the mid 40’s.
Glenn Youngkin showed the way to flip a blue state. Pull together a coalition of Trump supporters, never Trumpers, and a lot of independents and leave the Democrats in the dust. Trump’s core supporters will stay loyal, but by itself that’s not enough. His daily trashing of Desantis serves only to drive that segment of the GOP far away from him. As weak as he is, Biden’s only hope of surviving is a Trump candidacy.