Washington Examiner / Magazine
June 6, 2023 Issue
June 6, 2023 Print Edition
Cover Story
Trump might be the favorite for GOP nominee, but DeSantis is on the attack
With Gov. Ron DeSantis’s announcement that he is running for president, the GOP nomination battle has begun in earnest. Some pundits had predicted that the Florida governor would tiptoe around the candidacy of Donald Trump, recognizing that the former president is so popular among Republican voters that any attacks were bound to boomerang on him. But DeSantis has been fairly aggressive against Trump so far. It is still early days, but DeSantis has repeatedly hit Trump on the president’s handling of COVID-19, in particular his once-tight relationship with Dr. Anthony Fauci, whose approval rating among Republicans is about the same as athlete’s foot. What about Trump? He has been bashing DeSantis repeatedly on Truth Social, his alternative platform to Twitter, for months, anticipating that the governor would enter the race. But these “Truths” are merely tactics. What kind of strategy does the former president look to employ? EVERY HOUSE MEMBER WHO VOTED AGAINST PASSING THE DEBT CEILING BILL When it comes to Trump, one always must be careful not to overthink strategy. The man is an improviser and has shown himself to be a politically shrewd one at that. He likes to make things up as he goes along, and it can be difficult to identify a single plan of attack that he has stuck to for very long. Nevertheless, two themes have emerged from the Trump campaign to date that suggest how he intends...

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