Ron DeSantis' shadow campaign for the presidency has suddenly become much more visible, even as his advisers insist he’s focused on governing Florida.
WASHINGTON — Ron DeSantis' shadow campaign for the presidency has suddenly become much more visible, even as his advisers insist he’s focused on governing Florida.to police groups in New York and the Philadelphia and Chicago suburbs last week. He hosted a retreat for top donors from across the country at the Four Seasons in Palm Beach this weekend. And he has already sold out venues for a national book tour that begins Tuesday.
“There’s folks that don’t like Trump and aren’t sold on DeSantis,” said an adviser to one politician who planned to meet with donors in Austin. “I hear every day from donors who are starting through that decision tree now. ‘Do I do Trump? Do I do DeSantis?’ ‘Or do I take a flier on one of these other folks who looks like is gonna run?’” Keller said. “The smart ones realize they’re going to have to come to a decision, but they’re also waiting to be wooed. They’re also looking for evidence as to who they should be backing.”
One source close to the governor said that these events, presidential whispers aside, are the natural outgrowth of the work Republicans, led by DeSantis, have done in the Sunshine State, and that DeSantis can uniquely provide a tangible example of a model for how to consolidate conservative support in a previously swingy state.
Trump, however, is already seeking to define his top challenger. But as he deploys the same style of name-calling and derision that shot him to the top of the pack in 2016 in a large field, some in Trump’s orbit worry that the same old tactics will fall short in 2020 — especially against DeSantis, whom Trump himself helped endear to the MAGA base.
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