Since I effectively derailed the DeSantis Twitter announcement thread, I figured I'd dedicate a thread to his campaign and its progress. 

I noticed this quote from an interview he gave yesterday:

Quote:"Most of the people that support you probably voted for President Trump twice. And the first comment I hear over and over again is, "Why doesn't Ron DeSantis wait for President Trump's second term and then run?' And what is your best answer to that? Why is right now the time for Ron DeSantis to run for president?" host Will Cain asked.

"Because" DeSantis boasted, "everyone knows if I'm the nominee, I will beat Biden, uh, and I will serve two terms and I will be able to, uh, destroy leftism in this country and leave woke ideology on the dustbin of history."

What does that mean to his supporters? 

Surely no one thinks he'll "destroy leftism" if that means what it would most obviously imply. 
Roughly half of our great nation aren't going to suddenly alter their political nature, are they?`
And the "woke ideology" he refers to is a little tough to pin down since the term has officially been misappropriated to mean apparently anything Ron DeSantis doesn't like. 

I guess there is no point in trying to pick apart some blustering rhetoric, but it will be interesting if this ever gets down to RD actually outlining substantive intended policy. 

Right now, it just feels like version 2.0 of "we'll build a wall and make Mexico pay for it." 
Empty and ludicrous. 

Here are some of DeSantis known stances:

Gov't Spending- He thinks the fed gov spends too much. Wants to expand domestic energy production, but I haven't seen details on what that would mean. 
Spending on Ukraine would certainly take a cut, but he's flip-flopped from his original stance on that conflict, and now calls Putin a war criminal - after originally saying the US should not be involved in a territorial dispute between Russia and Ukraine. 

Abortion:
He takes a harder line than Trump and could lose some moderates there. Any Republican nominee will lose votes there though as conservative voters have many women among their ranks who will deviate from their norm on this issue alone. 

Taxes
When he was in Congress he supported a bill for a "fair tax" which would replace income taxes with a national sales tax of 23%. 
 Hmmm. Not sure what to make of that. 


Social Security and Medicare:
If you aren't on the verge of retirement and you've been contributing to these programs, prepare to get screwed.
He's wants to put a date limit in place and terminate or severely defund the programs long term.

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