The way Democrats and the mainstream media talk incessantly about former President Donald Trump, one would think that it’s Trump and not Joe Biden who currently occupies the Oval Office.
Indeed, even Biden himself can’t stop obsessing over Trump, bizarrely invoking him in recent comments he made about his recent bout with COVID. Biden made it clear that Democrats commemorated the Jan. 6th 2020 Capitol riot with a speech, in which Trump was the main focus. Biden claimed Trump was responsible to the breaching of the U.S. Capitol.
But in the midst of focusing on Trump as though he’s the biggest threat they could face in 2024, some Democrats are now reluctantly acknowledging that there is a foe out there who is far more formidable than Trump: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. And they say Biden should stop spending so much time making Donald Trump a focal point and more time trying to dent DeSantis’ rising popularity:
“To me, DeSantis is the scarier prospect,” one Democratic strategist said. “He’s a smarter version of Trump, he’s way more strategic, and he doesn’t have a hundred lawsuits at his feet.“
“If Trump goes bust, and he very well may, he’s the main guy I’d be watching,” the strategist said of the Florida governor.
DeSantis made it a point of using Biden throughout his presidency to slam the president and blame him for the policies that he believes are leading the country in the wrong directions.
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“What’s inexplicable to me is, why — not just Joe Biden — but the entire Democratic establishment isn’t trying to disqualify him now in the governor’s race,” said Fernand Amandi, a Miami-based pollster and consultant whose firm helped Barack Obama’s presidential campaign win the state in 2008 and 2012.
“He’s getting an absolute free pass,” Amandi said of DeSantis. “He has no sense of shame. … He’s acting like someone who doesn’t feel accountable to anyone.”
In truth, DeSantis is acting as though someone who is accountable to Floridians, which is precisely the way he should act, and which is why he’s likely to get reelected. But that’s a story for another day.
Biden’s funny side is this: It has tried to play “tough guy” against DeSantis in the past. The problem with that, though, is that DeSantis flattens him every time he attempts it, whether it’s on illegal immigration, vaccine mandates, parental rights legislation, and even when Biden pretended to forget DeSantis’ name.
While that’s one reason Biden appears to have backed off taking swipes at DeSantis, something else to note is that Trump has become an “easy” target for Biden. Trump has Truth Social but that social media platform has limited availability at the moment, and Trump’s not allowed on Twitter – arguably his biggest megaphone while in office – anymore.
Sure, Trump can issue statements and give speeches blasting Biden but it’s not the same thing as the insta-responses he could give Biden on Twitter. Biden’s team knows this which is why they’re taking advantage of it, because they know one on one at this stage in his crumbling presidency that Biden is no match for Trump’s quips and one-liners.
Additionally, even though DeSantis operatives are working hard to blow the balloon, Democrats who hear Trump’s name start to panic and reach for their wallets to donate to their political campaigns. “Trump” is a guaranteed engine-starter for those with deep pockets on the left, something of which even Joe Biden is keenly aware.
All that being said, Biden may turn his attention towards DeSantis at any time. DeSantis has spent a lot practice perfecting his craft. It is evident every time he uses his mouth to speak about a policy initiative, a bill signing and/or the latest phony Democrat/Never Trump critique or media piece.
If it happens, I look forward to hearing the arguments between them. Biden won’t stand a chance.
Flashback:In Presser held after GDP News, a petulant Joe Biden makes a cowardly move
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