Perhaps secretly they want Trump.

All things being as they appear. Only a possibility ofcourse but they know at this point that Trump will take whatever they throw at him with ZERO consequences while they burn cities to the ground and scream white supremacy. Why give someone like Desantis a chance to actually get things done. We know Trump will play ball with em when it comes to shutting down the economy and poisoning people with vaccines while they all line their pockets...