This is interesting from DeSantis.
(1) Clear attempt to recapture the initiative.
(2) Makes even clearer his value proposition to R voters: “I will use every power of the state to hurt the people you hate.”
(3) Trump will “be your retribution” in a rhetorical way. But DeSantis will be your retribution in a concrete, policy way.
(4) This only works if he’s willing to say the quiet part out loud, though. Republican voters aren’t going to get the subtext unless he makes it text.
(5)It suggests he’s still committed to running and isn’t going to pass on 2024, contra some of the recent questions.
