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DeSantisites include in their ranks people who are not conservatives, such as [[Establishment|establishment]] types who manipulate DeSantis in order to try to stop [[Donald Trump]]. However they also include in their ranks people who very much are conservatives, including former Trump supporters who have become disillusioned with him because of either his age (in 2024, Trump will be the same age [[Joe Biden]] was in 2020) or because they fear he will be prohibited from hiring his own choices for appointments by the [[intelligence community]] withholding security clearances as they did during his first term and thus govern less effectively than what he is capable of. However, regardless of political affiliation they have one thing in common: they are looking for some sort of political [[messiah]], and will deliberately ignore any red flags associated with their preferred "messiah" candidate while also refusing to engage in any sort of constructive debate on the merits.

DeSantisites include in their ranks people who are not conservatives, such as [[Establishment|establishment]] types who manipulate DeSantis in order to try to stop [[Donald Trump]]. However they also include in their ranks people who very much are conservatives, including former Trump supporters who have become disillusioned with him because of either his age (in 2024, Trump will be the same age [[Joe Biden]] was in 2020) or because they fear he will be prohibited from hiring his own choices for appointments by the [[intelligence community]] withholding security clearances as they did during his first term and thus govern less effectively than what he is capable of. However, regardless of political affiliation they have one thing in common: they are looking for some sort of political [[messiah]], and will deliberately ignore any red flags associated with their preferred "messiah" candidate while also refusing to engage in any sort of constructive debate on the merits.

Some DeSantisites may in fact be paid actors.[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/01/25/bizarre-desantis-campaign-official-denies-organizing-social-media-influencer-support-for-boss-despite-overwhelming-evidence/] Some are also willing to troll, harass, defame, and [[cancel culture|cancel]] Trump supporters for simply disagreeing with them.[https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/1617842799428370433][https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/02/09/hostile-takeover-of-project-veritas-seeking-to-remove-james-okeefe-desantis-aligned-operatives-spearheading-effort-for-removal/comment-page-1/#comments]

Some DeSantisites may in fact be paid actors.[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/01/25/bizarre-desantis-campaign-official-denies-organizing-social-media-influencer-support-for-boss-despite-overwhelming-evidence/] Some are also willing to troll, harass, defame, [[cancel culture|cancel]], and even [[Doxxing|doxx]] Trump supporters for simply disagreeing with them.[https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/1617842799428370433][https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/02/09/hostile-takeover-of-project-veritas-seeking-to-remove-james-okeefe-desantis-aligned-operatives-spearheading-effort-for-removal/comment-page-1/#comments][https://twitter.com/catturd2/status/1662160994733260800]

==List of things about DeSantis that DeSantisites tend to ignore==

==List of things about DeSantis that DeSantisites tend to ignore==

*DeSantis has refused to label Antifa as a terrorist organization.[https://twitter.com/ReOpenChris/status/1618697297189273600]

*DeSantis has refused to label Antifa as a terrorist organization.[https://twitter.com/ReOpenChris/status/1618697297189273600]

*DeSantis has ties to and publicly praised Libby Locke, an attorney who is currently representing [[Dominion Voting Systems]] against Trump allies such as [[Rudy Giuliani]] and [[Mike Lindell]].[https://www.newsweek.com/ron-desantis-praises-lawyer-suing-trump-allies-1779594] Locke has also represented Project Veritas in the past[https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2021/12/25/project-veritas-new-york-times/9016859002/]; a short time after she participated in a public round table event with DeSantis, James O'Keefe was ousted from the organization he founded by a pro-DeSantis faction of its Board of Directors[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/02/09/hostile-takeover-of-project-veritas-seeking-to-remove-james-okeefe-desantis-aligned-operatives-spearheading-effort-for-removal/comment-page-1/#comments].

*DeSantis has ties to and publicly praised Libby Locke, an attorney who is currently representing [[Dominion Voting Systems]] against Trump allies such as [[Rudy Giuliani]] and [[Mike Lindell]].[https://www.newsweek.com/ron-desantis-praises-lawyer-suing-trump-allies-1779594] Locke has also represented Project Veritas in the past[https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2021/12/25/project-veritas-new-york-times/9016859002/]; a short time after she participated in a public round table event with DeSantis, James O'Keefe was ousted from the organization he founded by a pro-DeSantis faction of its Board of Directors[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/02/09/hostile-takeover-of-project-veritas-seeking-to-remove-james-okeefe-desantis-aligned-operatives-spearheading-effort-for-removal/comment-page-1/#comments].

==See also==

==See also==

[[Category:Republican Party|*]]

[[Category:Republican Party|*]]

[[Category:2020s]]

[[Category:2020s]]