Donald Trump is effectively telling the reactionary base that he will destroy the liberal establishment from the outside–by throwing rhetorical bombs and ignoring constitutional norms. The DeSantis message, on the other hand, is that liberal democracy can be eviscerated through hard, plodding work using the normal constitutional processes. He’s doing his best to prove his point in Florida even as we speak.
That’s what the GOP has come to: a tactical dispute over how best to destroy liberal democracy in America.