.speechboy71: Ron DeSantis represents a terrifying future for America — and by 2025 it could become a reality.
by the British medical journal The Lancet, if Florida had achieved the vaccination rates seen in states like Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maine, more than 22,000 lives could have been saved.
Instead, like many Republicans, DeSantis saw political benefit in playing down Covid and opening up the state’s economy as quickly, no matter the consequences for his state’s residents. Since DeSantis is governor of the third largest state of the country — and a good bet to be re-elected this fall — his actions loom larger than those of other Republican officials. There’s also the fact that he is considered by many Republicans a front-runner for the party’s presidential nod in November. His assault on democratic freedoms could become a model for other Republicans, and also a governing strategy if he is able to capture the White House in 2024.
of DeSantis that he “has no personal charisma and has a dull personality.” For once, the president is not wrong. DeSantis combines the unctuousness of Ted Cruz, the likability of Mitch McConnell and the personal charm of Dick Cheney. What he shares with Trump is a vindictive and demagogic streak, unquenchable ambition and a refusal to be weighed down by political norms or democratic traditions. Like Trump, his time in office would be marked by repeated attempts to pit Americans against each other. But unlike Trump, DeSantis has the proven ability to follow through on divisive rhetoric. The complete package, DeSantis represents a terrifying future for America, and by 2025 it could become a reality.
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