The McConnell Project is based on checks and balances and Republican advantages in the Electoral College. It maintains traditional constitutional norms, but uses the filibuster and the right-leaning Supreme Court to deny the left the ability to make significant policy changes while in office. It is a step towards illiberal democracy, but it is a long way from the ultimate destination, because it also puts limits on the right’s ability to legislate, and permits the left to win elections, albeit with some significant handicaps.
DeSantis, if elected president, won’t accept the McConnell Project, even if he tolerates the bare forms of American liberal democracy. He wants to make fundamental changes to American society that won’t be permitted by the filibuster or originalist judges. He will be howling for the abolition of the filibuster practically the minute he takes office.
Trump, of course, completely rejects the notion of checks and balances. He wants arbitrary power for himself as the tribune of the red people.
Is it any wonder McConnell won’t speak to Trump anymore?