re: “We’re going to protect our girls” Ron DeSantis

It’s obviously a pointless hypothetical, but I wonder what he’d be like if Trump had never been president, assuming he’d have been elected. If you think about it he’s just plain spoken and doesn’t back down from a fight; it’s not like politicians never had those qualities. He’s not a character like Trump so I don’t think it’s fair to say he’s copying him, but Trump erased any doubts that standing up can still work and DeSantis definitely benefited from it, and Trump is arguably the reason he got elected.

I love the guy but it sucks that people who’ll fight are rare on the right these days and we have to celebrate them like they’re unicorns.