I’ve noticed a contingent of former trump supporting conservatives who consider themselves “enlightened” enough to not support trump and somehow think DeSantis is a strategic and political genius.

Much like Trump’s many “blunders”, they explain away DeSantis’ blunders as a genius picking the wrong fights or being too principled to ignore those treacherous issues.

Like “DeSantis is the leader we need but don’t deserve” mentality.