Off the campaign trail and far away from the national culture wars, Hurricane Idalia allowed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to get back to what he does best — govern!
An old-growth oak tree split in half near the Governor’s Residence in Tallahassee, Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia.When Hurricane Dorian hit Florida in 2019, DeSantis won praise from both sides of the aisle for the state government’s capable and confident handling of the emergency.
The executive experience gained in running a big state such as Florida, Texas, or California offers as much in the way of real-world preparation for the presidency as one can get.There was a run of them from Jimmy Carter through George W. Bush — broken only by Gov. Bush’s father, whose pre-presidency résumé — war hero, congressman, ambassador to the United Nations, envoy to China, CIA director, vice president — was as good as it gets.
In a GOP that today demands not so much ideological purity as raw partisan loyalty, the bipartisan nature of gubernatorial work can be a burden. Twitter account of Ron Desantis/AFP via Getty Images But rather than emphasize his general administrative competence, DeSantis has put on the cape of a right-wing culture warrior, clumsily launching his presidential bid with Elon Musk on a glitchy Twitter platform, showing off his relative lack of competency on foreign policy and making truly risible threats to invade Mexico with special-forces units to go after drug cartels — “on Day One!” — if elected president.
The “real” DeSantis, his supporters say, is the details-oriented policy wonk, while the culture-war bomb-thrower is just the guy he plays on television. DeSantis is in the unfortunate position of trying to sell de-Trumped Trumpism to Republican primary voters who don’t particularly want their Trumpism de-Trumped.
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