Trump and DeSantis are doing battle once again in Florida. DeSantis opposes the proposed amendment to the state constitution to permit the recreational marijuana, while Trump supports it.
What does this mean? As I’ve noted before, reactionaries are not monolithic; the predominant strain is libertarian and secular, while a smaller, but noisier, group is religious–largely Catholic. Trump represents the first group; DeSantis and, ironically, J.D. Vance are in the second group.
They represent two completely different ideas of a just America. DeSantis and Vance want to use the state to impose the Godly Society on us; Trump just wants to use it to deport illegal immigrants and get revenge on his opponents. They only agree on what they hate, which is, of course, people like you and me.