Former U.S. President Donald Trump's rally in Sarasota, Florida FLORIDA, UNITED STATES - JULY 03: Supporters of former U.S.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump's rally in Sarasota, Florida
The continuing realignment of the Republican base and its supporters, which has kept political professionals supremely confused about what exactly America’s political right is at the moment. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, the likely heir apparent of this brand of Trumpism, seized the crowd touting his fight against COVID-19 vaccines, gender reassignment surgery for minors and the Disney Corp. Most of DeSantis’s positions are longstanding hallmarks of the right, but DeSantis dressed them in rigid language, declaring himself “the protector of the state’s freedom and the state’s security.”
Scott has been pulling in top Florida donors to the NRSC since he took over and has also “flipped” spending plans, with the NRSC spending more earlier in the year ahead of the November midterm elections, leaving more money for candidates and outside groups to spend closer to election day, NRSC communications director Chris Hartline said.
Washington Republican operatives and longtime conservative think tank leaders, like National Conservative Conference chairman Chris DeMuth, mingled with conservative media outlets, Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish leaders from South Florida and college students.