The California governor has been trying to get his Florida Republican counterpart to engage. On Wednesday, he got it.

The California governor has been trying to get his Florida Republican counterpart to engage. On Wednesday, he got it.

  • ganksy@lemmy.world
    5·
    1 year ago

    How would Republicans split the ticket? Are you assuming one would run as independent after the primary?

    • bitsplease@lemmy.ml
      5·
      1 year ago

      Yeah I don’t buy it - if trump was the runner up, I could totally see him running as an independent, but I don’t see it for DeSantis, and even if he tried, I don’t think he has the base anymore to actually pull it off.

      You need the kind of blind adoration that Trump (for some reason) has in his following to make a 3rd party bid remotely feasible, DeSantis just doesn’t inspire that in people.

      Out best hope for a split conservative base was DeSantis winning the primaries and Trump switching to independent (because he’s absolutely stubborn and prideful enough to do it), I don’t see it happening the other way around

    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
      5·
      1 year ago

      I think the idea is that if Tump didn’t get the nomination he would run as an independent and hold the party hostage.

      • 4lan@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        please happen, please. I want to see the absolute destruction to the party that supported a wannabe dictator