*In the aftermath of the [[Mar-a-Lago raid]], DeSantis remained near-silent for several days, and when he finally made public comments on the raid he actively avoided mentioning Trump by name. In the same period, he fired his entire brand image consulting team and his entire communications team, presumably in order to distance himself from Trump.[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/08/08/as-a-citizen-of-florida-ron-desantis-calls-fbi-mar-a-lago-raid-another-escalation/][https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/08/12/the-managing-of-desantis-five-days-in-the-bunker-and-a-new-press-secretary/][https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/10/27/president-trump-announces-midterm-election-rallies-in-key-states-including-florida-as-democrats-abandon-the-sunshine-state/] | *In the aftermath of the [[Mar-a-Lago raid]], DeSantis remained near-silent for several days, and when he finally made public comments on the raid he actively avoided mentioning Trump by name. In the same period, he fired his entire brand image consulting team and his entire communications team, presumably in order to distance himself from Trump.[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/08/08/as-a-citizen-of-florida-ron-desantis-calls-fbi-mar-a-lago-raid-another-escalation/][https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/08/12/the-managing-of-desantis-five-days-in-the-bunker-and-a-new-press-secretary/][https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/10/27/president-trump-announces-midterm-election-rallies-in-key-states-including-florida-as-democrats-abandon-the-sunshine-state/] |