Part of the reason she can't stand me, because I fight back.
I just wish DeSantis had the same chutzpah to go after him and hard. Turn every attack on him back to the source.
I think DeSantis' strategy was to be Trump without all the negatives, and I think that's dumb. I understand not wanting to alienate die-hard Trump supporters, but that's inevitable anyway simply by virtue of DeSantis running at all.
The issue where this bugs me the most is Ukraine, because I'll bet DeSantis is actually more hawkish on it than he has been so far. But he's wanted to stay MAGA-adjacent, so he's been more isolationist. If he's not careful, he'll find that some who back him as the not-Trump will shift to other challengers.