DeSantis Is Barking Up the Wrong Trees

The new presidential candidate is getting walloped in the polls by Donald Trump because he doesn’t have a Reaganesque message of peace and prosperity. It’s already time for him to get one.

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Governor DeSantis on May 6, 2023, at Rothschild, Wisconsin. Scott Olson/Getty Images

Allow me to comment briefly on Governor DeSantis and his newly declared presidential candidacy. In short, I think Mr. DeSantis’s messaging is completely off-key. He’s barking up the wrong trees. He’s getting bogged down in stuff that’s not helping. 

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