{"id":425525,"date":"2022-04-02T15:28:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T12:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ron-desantis-unexpected-rise-is-thanks-to-the-democrats\/"},"modified":"2022-04-02T15:28:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T12:28:59","slug":"ron-desantis-unexpected-rise-is-thanks-to-the-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ron-desantis-unexpected-rise-is-thanks-to-the-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ron DeSantis\u2019 unexpected rise is thanks to the Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a242e7619505\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a242e7619505\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ron-desantis-unexpected-rise-is-thanks-to-the-democrats\/#%E2%80%9CRon_DeSantis_unexpected_rise_is_thanks_to_the_Democrats%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Ron DeSantis\u2019 unexpected rise is thanks to the Democrats&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CRon_DeSantis_unexpected_rise_is_thanks_to_the_Democrats%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Ron DeSantis\u2019 unexpected rise is thanks to the Democrats&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The mercurial rise of Ron DeSantis is the Democrats\u2019 fault.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I say this with gratitude, not regret. Absent some catastrophe, DeSantis is going to win a second term as governor of Florida this coming November and, after that, he has a fair shot of being president. This is partly because he has done an excellent job for his state. It\u2019s also because he was unusually lucky in his enemies. <\/p>\n<p>Unable to help themselves, the Democrats have aided him at every stage. They still are.<\/p>\n<p>2018 was a good year for the Democratic Party, but not so good a year that the quality of its candidates didn\u2019t matter. Had the party nominated a credible centrist in Florida\u2019s toss-up gubernatorial race \u2014 Gwen Graham, for example \u2014 that candidate would not only have won the governor\u2019s mansion for the Democrats for the first time in two decades, she\u2019d have ended DeSantis\u2019 career.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the Democrats didn\u2019t choose a credible centrist. They hosted a messy and divisive primary, selected the radical Andrew Gillum as their nominee, lost by 0.4 points, and set DeSantis up for a bright future. Opportunity: missed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ron-desantis-5.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Democratic challenger Nikki Fried has compared Florida Gov. DeSantis (above, with wife, Casey) to \u201cthe leader of a communist country\u201d \u2014 but voters just see a sensible guy making rational decisions.\" class=\"wp-image-21734847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ron-desantis-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ron-desantis-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/ron-desantis-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Democratic challenger Nikki Fried has compared Florida Gov. DeSantis (above, with wife, Casey) to \u201cthe leader of a communist country\u201d \u2014 but voters just see a sensible guy making rational decisions.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Dems still had a chance to turn it around, even after he won. Ron DeSantis is a good governor, but he is not perfect, he does not get every call right, and he is as susceptible to base political temptation as any other human being. Florida has undoubtedly grown more Republican of late, but it is not Mississippi, and the Democratic Party will eventually win a big election here simply by being a sober, credible alternative to the GOP.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If the Florida Democratic Party understands this, it has a peculiar way of showing it. Instead of calmly rebuilding, it has allowed itself to become so crazy in its opposition to DeSantis, it has elevated him to national status, provided him with all the incentives he needs to play Churchill at the gates, and, by confirming that any Republican (not just Trump) will be treated terribly in the press, turned him into a rock-ribbed conservative hero.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/gwen-graham-andrew-gillum.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"If Democrats had picked a centrist like Gwen Graham (right) as their nominee for governor in 2018, they could have won the seat. Instead, they chose radical Andrew Gillum (left) and lost.\" class=\"wp-image-21734896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/gwen-graham-andrew-gillum.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/gwen-graham-andrew-gillum.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/gwen-graham-andrew-gillum.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>If Democrats had picked a centrist like Gwen Graham (right) as their nominee for governor in 2018, they could have won the seat. Instead, they chose radical Andrew Gillum (left) and lost.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To DeSantis\u2019 delight, his opponents have become addicted to stepping on rakes. In their desperation to take him down, the Florida Democratic Party has chased one absurd conspiracy theory after another. Its leading lights have sided with the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/05\/what-has-happened-to-nikki-fried\/\">disgraced fabulist Rebekah Jones<\/a>, who falsely accused DeSantis of manipulating state COVID data; it has spread a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/417200-callous-cruel-and-compassionless-charlie-crist-blasts-ron-desantis-for-pay-for-play-publix-partnership\/\">debunked<\/a> \u201c60 Minutes\u201d claim that there was something untoward about Florida using the state\u2019s largest supermarket chain to distribute vaccines; it has pretended that the plan to make Florida the 23<sup>rd<\/sup> state with a state guard <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wmfe.org\/fl-dems-skeptical-of-desantiss-state-guard-proposal\/193486\">augurs something sinister<\/a>; and it has advertised a link that <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldtribune.com\/story\/news\/2021\/08\/18\/florida-gov-ron-desantis-promotes-regeneron-covid-19-antibody-treatment-connected-to-donor\/8169958002\/\">does not exist<\/a> between contracts awarded to the drug company, Regneron, and donations to DeSantis\u2019 campaign. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/nikki-fried.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Nikki Fried (above), who is challenging DeSantis for governor, is going all-out with her extreme claims against him, even charging that he represents a \u201cdanger\u201d to \u201cthe world.\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-21734931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/nikki-fried.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/nikki-fried.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/nikki-fried.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Nikki Fried (above), who is challenging DeSantis for governor, is going all-out with her extreme claims against him, even charging that he represents a \u201cdanger\u201d to \u201cthe world.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Worse still, the party has come to believe its own rhetoric. Nikki Fried, the state\u2019s Democratic agriculture secretary (and a potential 2022 gubernatorial nominee), has taken to claiming that \u201cFlorida isn\u2019t a free state\u201d; to comparing DeSantis to \u201cthe leader of a communist country,\u201d to a \u201cdictator,\u201d and, \u201cin a lot of ways,\u201d to \u201cHitler\u201d; and to charging that he represents a \u201cdanger\u201d to \u201cthe world.\u201d In the meantime, her colleagues in the legislature have gone all out to oppose a set of COVID policies that have made Florida a magnet for disgruntled Americans and to assail a K-3 education bill that, despite the dishonest way in which it has been characterized (\u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d), is popular among <em>Democrats.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/miami-beach.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"DeSantis enjoys a 55% approval rating with Floridians \u2014 and leads his likely opponents in every statewide poll. \" class=\"wp-image-21734955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/miami-beach.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/miami-beach.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/miami-beach.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>DeSantis enjoys a 55% <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roval rating with Floridians \u2014 and leads his likely opponents in every statewide poll. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The results have been predictable. DeSantis now leads his likely opponents in every reputable statewide poll, has an approval rating of around 55%, and, when compared to the hysterical descriptions to which\u00a0voters\u00a0are treated, appears refreshingly normal to the average American.<\/p>\n<p>Bang-up job, guys.<\/p>\n<p><em><em>Charles C. W. Cooke is a senior writer at National Review.<\/em><\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Absent some catastrophe, DeSantis is going to win a second term as governor of Florida this coming November and, after that, he has a fair shot of being president&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":425526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/florida-man-ron-desantis.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[127488,10701,6642,74661,106767,29102],"class_list":["post-425525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-4-2-22","tag-democrats","tag-florida","tag-governors","tag-midterm-elections","tag-ron-desantis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}