Analysis by Aaron Blake | The GOP’s effort to diminish DeSantis on Ukraine
And mixed in is an altogether familiar implication: that maybe DeSantis is justSen. Kevin Cramer : “We have a base that’s restless, and if he’s running for president, he probably needs to speak to that base a little bit. And that’s not to say it’s not his position, but I do think if he is the president of the United States and he has all that power, then hopefully he’s adequately briefed on the details to make the decision. But I also hope that this position evolves a little bit.”Sen.
To be clear, DeSantis isn’t just the second-term governor of Florida; he also spent six years in Congress, during which he served on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. HeDuring his last year in the House in 2018, DeSantis said Vladimir Putin “ Perhaps the argument is that he’s not totally clued in to recent developments while serving down in Tallahassee. But even that is a rather striking argument to make. It’s basically saying that a would-be GOP presidential nominee is taking positions on matters of massive global import without taking care to fully understand the issue — and even that he’s just doing it for votes.
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