Consistent with his “no enemies to the right” approach to the campaign, Ron DeSantis has embraced some pretty wild conspiracy theorists. He has completely associated himself with anti-vaxxers in the name of freedom, as you might expect, even though some of his followers want to go so far as to prohibit the use of the vaccine by millions of Florida residents who still believe in it. He has even referred to Alvin Bragg as a “George Soros prosecutor,” using the oldest right-wing trick in the book. It’s not very inspiring to anyone left of Viktor Orban.
He forgot that you can’t out-crazy Trump and his supporters, because they operate completely without limits. There is a school of thought among them to the effect that DeSantis is a tool planted by the establishment to keep the nomination away from the man on golf cart. These people even call him “Ron DeSoros.”
Live by the sword, die by the sword.