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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDeSantis is Trump's mini-me
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If there were ever a cock astride a weather vane who could point in which direction the GOP base is blowing, it is Donald J. Trump.
He figured out that Tea Partiers actually cared about Barack Obamas papers (and skin color), not the deficit. He sensed the party didnt just want to kick immigrants out. They wanted to build a wall from which they could kick back and fondle their guns, as they enjoyed the mass deportations. Now hes sensing how the political winds may be blowing his partys base into the arms of another Mr. White.
And hes not just going to let the party hes dominated for more than a half of decade wander off without a fit.
Former President Donald Trump appeared to snap at Gov. Ron DeSantis in a new interview with One America News Network, where he bashed unnamed politicians who wont say whether theyve gotten a booster shot, Politico reported earlier in January.
DeSantis seemingly responded by attacking Trump for something no one had ever accused the ex-president of before being a Fauci-lover who was far too cautious when it came to fighting covid.
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DeSantis is Trump's mini-me (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Jan 2022
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dchill
(38,547 posts)1. DeSantis is DeSantis' Maxi-me.
Trump left his keys in his car. DeSantis stole it, souped it up, supercharged it and is going a hundred miles an hour down a dirt road.
Nevilledog
(51,209 posts)2. Youngkin says, "Hold my beer."
dchill
(38,547 posts)3. Yes. Or perhaps wine cooler!
Tommy Carcetti
(43,208 posts)4. Not quite.
DeSantis (and it seems Glenn Youngkin in Virginia) seem to borrow certain aspects that appeal to the Trumpist crowd to build their popular base.
However, DeSantis isn't quite as obsessed about personal ego as Trump is.
He does share in Trump's sense of vindictiveness against his supposed foes and sense of perceived persecution. But that's not unique to Trump.
DeSantis is more Nixonian than Trumpian. But that's splitting hairs. They're both horrible.