My friends and I have been blessed to live in a state that has been an (almost) perfect bastion of freedom, and a defender of law and order.
"Governor DeSantis, you CANNOT protect Florida from DC. Only a Governor can protect people locally. Stay and fight for the people who just put you in office."
I believe he did signal this in a debate with Charlie. When asked about presidential aspirations, DeSantis said something along the lines of "The only washed-out old donkey I'm looking to keep out of power is you (Charlie C)." Sounds like a clear signal to me.
Just read the first few paragraphs of this and RD has dispelled the notion before, but MSM is just pushing their narrative anyway.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/10/25/desantis-only-worn-out-old-donkey-im-looking-put-pasture-is-charlie-crist/