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'''DeSantisites''' are people who pretend that [[Ron DeSantis]] is a sincere conservative and then demand that everyone else support DeSantis for President, and who sometimes use [[Leftist|leftist]] tactics to coerce others.{{fact}}

'''DeSantisites''' are people who pretend that [[Ron DeSantis]] is a sincere conservative and then demand that everyone else support DeSantis for President, and who sometimes use [[Leftist|leftist]] tactics to coerce others.{{fact}}

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 of people 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, 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]