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4 Things Florida Democrats Must do if They Want to Unseat DeSantis in 2022
With the 2020 election barely in the rearview, Florida is already looking ahead to the 2022 election, and Democrats are eyeing the Governor’s mansion.
Trump won Florida both in 2016 and 2020 and Republicans won the voter turnout game in 2020. This has Republicans declaring Florida Trump Country, but Democrats are saying not so fast.
When it comes to unseating Trump’s favorite Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, Florida Democrats have their work cutout for them. DeSantis rode into his Governorship with high hopes and showed a lot of promise with his ability and desire to work across the aisle. Then the 2020 election got underway, and DeSantis felt a full-court squeeze by Trump to deliver Florida. Couple that with a pandemic and the wheels came off of DeSantis’s ability to govern.
Here are 4 things Florida Democrats must do if they want to have a chance to defeat Governor DeSantis:
- Find a viable candidate to run against DeSantis. Currently, they are testing the waters of gubernatorial viability with Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried. Fried is the highest ranking elected Democrat in Florida and recently unveiled a video taking aim at Governor DeSantis for his botched COVID vaccine roll out.
- Push back on the GOP messaging…
