DeSantis is relying on a substance-heavy pitch to voters to help him stand out. Separating himself from Trump is still a challenge.

DeSantis is taking incoming on all sides:

  • Democrats who he has made irrelevant in Florida
  • Globalists who are scared they will be held accountable like Disney and do not want to see DeSantis bring eVerify in (like he has in Florida) and cut off their supply of cheap illegal labor. Heck they would have to pay their legal workforce higher wages.
  • Trump and his machine have launched a relentless campaign (offer false or unfair or both) on DeSantis
  • All the other presidential hopefuls so weak they do not present a threat to Trump and are attacking DeSantis to try and make themselves relevant.