Ron DeSantis washed up on these shores a few days ago. He soaked up some sun, snapped at a reporter or two, then slithered away. He’s a curious guy built from actual spare parts (the Rock ‘em – Sock ‘em Robot Department) and I don’t pretend to understand him. He picks fights with Mickey Mouse. He pushes around drag queens. He sets off alarm bells in Kiev, Berlin, and London, as Moscow cheers his ignorance.
In his favor, though, he has set himself the hard task of peeling away Donald Trump’s voters, which makes him unique in the Republican list. The others who have declared thus far are asking people to move away from Trump. Though they mouth some of the same fatuities, one nevertheless gathers that they all still favor those quaint things that Trump has so despised: the rule of law, for instance. But not Ron DeSantis. He wants to out-Trump the orange-haired faker himself….