{"id":520560,"date":"2022-12-03T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/taking-on-the-elite-becomes-go-to-brand-for-desantis\/"},"modified":"2022-12-03T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T17:00:00","slug":"taking-on-the-elite-becomes-go-to-brand-for-desantis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/taking-on-the-elite-becomes-go-to-brand-for-desantis\/","title":{"rendered":"#Taking on the elite becomes go-to brand for DeSantis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 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-6a368df2ea671\" 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-6a368df2ea671\" 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\/taking-on-the-elite-becomes-go-to-brand-for-desantis\/#Taking_on_the_elite_becomes_go-to_brand_for_DeSantis\" >Taking on the elite becomes go-to brand for DeSantis<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Taking_on_the_elite_becomes_go-to_brand_for_DeSantis\"><\/span>Taking on the elite becomes go-to brand for DeSantis<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/desantisron_120122ap-lynne-sladky_desantis.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) loves to despise \u201cthe elite.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In speeches, remarks at <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> conferences and even in an op-ed he penned in The Wall Street Journal last year, his message has been the same: \u201cDon\u2019t trust the elites.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe rejected the elites and we were right,\u201d the governor said to a crowd attending the National Conservatism Conference in September, referring to how he bucked the system and railed against everyone from public health experts to government officials during the COVID-19 pandemic.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Even Republicans acknowledge that the 44-year-old DeSantis \u2014 who attended Yale University and Harvard Law School and served half a dozen years as a congressman \u2014 could be seen as a member of the elite itself.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet like other Republicans \u2014 including former President Trump \u2014 rallying against the elite has become a major part of his political brand, his strategy and his blueprint for others in his party.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of this anti-elitist stuff \u2026 he\u2019s the first person to tell you where he went to school,\u201d one top Republican strategist said of DeSantis\u2019s tack. \u201cIt\u2019s the performance art, when you know better. When you\u2019re really smart and you act dumb.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s playing a role, but it\u2019s a role the base says it wants,\u201d the strategist added. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The strategist and other political observers say the <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>roach is working for DeSantis and parallels rhetoric used by Trump, who could end up being his rival for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Trump is already in the race, and many Republicans see DeSantis as the strongest potential opponent against him in the primary. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The former president, a wealthy New Yorker who was born into a well-heeled family and spent much of his adult life living on Fifth Avenue, won the 2016 election as a champion for the everyman.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All that said, some Republicans say DeSantis\u2019s story is quite a bit different from his would-be rival\u2019s. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cHe came from a working-class family and used baseball to get a scholarship to an Ivy League university,\u201d said Republican strategist John Feehery, an opinion contributor for The Hill, said of DeSantis. \u201cA true rags-to-riches story, which is incredibly powerful.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the truly exceptional things about America is you can work hard and no matter how rich or poor your family may be, you can possibly be president one day,\u201d Feehery added.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tobe Berkovitz, a professor emeritus at Boston University who worked as a political <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> consultant, noted that a number of previous presidents from both parties have elite status when it comes to where they were educated. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWhere did Obama go to college? Law school? Clinton?\u201d he asked of the former Democratic presidents. \u201cI rest DeSantis\u2019s case.\u201c\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Obama went to Columbia University and then Harvard Law School. Clinton attended Georgetown University and later graduated from Yale Law School.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not your real background but how you portray yourself,\u201d Berkovitz continued, adding that DeSantis can position himself as a \u201cfighter for the ordinary families.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what DeSantis has sought to do during his time as governor, and he\u2019s unapologetic to establishment-types who stand in his way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last year, for example, the governor pushed a controversial bill \u2014 later signed into law \u2014 that would regulate how businesses and classrooms handle discussions about critical race theory.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody wants this crap,\u201d DeSantis said last year as he lobbied for the legislation. \u201cThis is an elite-driven phenomenon being driven by bureaucratic elites, elites in universities and elites in corporate America. And they\u2019re trying to shove it down the throats of the American people. You\u2019re not doing that in the state of Florida.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis\u2019s star is rising, political observers say. Last month, he was able to win reelection by a high margin \u2014 20 points \u2014 over Democrat Charlie Crist.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since then, polls have shown him closing the gap with Trump as the favored candidate for the GOP nomination in 2024.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A Club for Growth survey last month showed DeSantis beating the former president in several early primary states, including Iowa and New Hampshire.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt seems like he\u2019s figured out the secret sauce \u2014 at least for now,\u201d a second Republican strategist acknowledged. \u201cIn politics, you need a strong message, and he has one. The us-against-the-world message is working well for him. The rest of our party still has to figure that out.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have been doing some soul-searching on what went wrong for their party during the midterm elections. Asked this week for his thoughts, DeSantis pointed to a \u201chuge underperformance\u201d by Republicans across the country and said his state showed the party \u201chow it\u2019s done.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think what we\u2019ve done in Florida is we\u2019ve shown that we\u2019ve exercised leadership, we\u2019ve not kowtowed, we\u2019ve been willing to take on big interests \u2026 but producing results,\u201d the governor said Thursday at a press conference in Miami. \u201cAnd so that ends up attracting more people to want to be on your team.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p><\/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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Ron DeSantis (R) loves to despise \u201cthe elite.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 In speeches, remarks at news conferences and even in an op-ed he penned in The Wall Street Journal last year, his message has been the same: \u201cDon\u2019t trust the elites.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cWe rejected the elites and we&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":520561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/desantisron_120122ap-lynne-sladky_desantis.jpg?w=1280","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[78209,134343,4941,6642,80445,115,29102,134345,4965,42873],"class_list":["post-520560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-2024-presidential-election","tag-campaign","tag-donald-trump","tag-florida","tag-healthcare","tag-news","tag-ron-desantis","tag-state-watch","tag-technology","tag-white-house"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520560","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=520560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}