This shows that the idea that DeSantis could avoid the “Trump baggage” is wrong. If Trump was out of the race, they would turn DeSantis into the new Hitler/KKK Grand Wizard/rapist/racist/anti-Semetic/homophobic/Russian colluding traitor and DDS would replace TDS. Republicans wouldn’t have avoided any “baggage” at all, and would probably be worse off, since DeSantis isn’t as vetted, and the burnout on TDS would be reinvigorated with a new face for Democrats to hate.
This shows that the idea that DeSantis could avoid the “Trump baggage” is wrong. If Trump was out of the race, they would turn DeSantis into the new Hitler/KKK Grand Wizard/rapist/racist/anti-Semetic/homophobic/Russian colluding traitor and DDS would replace TDS. Republicans wouldn’t have avoided any “baggage” at all, and would probably be worse off, since DeSantis isn’t as vetted, and the burnout on TDS would be reinvigorated with a new face for Democrats to hate.