The DeSantis Delusion

The Florida governor is not going to free the GOP from Donald Trump’s toxic embrace.

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Left: Florida governor Ron DeSantis in Tampa, Fla., August 24, 2022. Right: Then-president Donald Trump in New York City in 2019.

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After finishing second in the 2016 Iowa caucus, first-time Republican candidate Donald Trump took to Twitter to allege skullduggery.

“Ted Cruz didn’t win Iowa, he stole it,” Trump tweeted. “That is why all of the polls were so wrong and why he got far more votes than anticipated. Bad!”

Christian Schneider

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Christian Schneider

Christian Schneider is a National Review contributor and writes the Anti-Knowledge newsletter. He is a co-host of the podcast Wasn't That Special: 50 Years of SNL.

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