It’s tempting for those of us who were Ron DeSantis acolytes to engage in an “I told you so” binging party, but that is pointless and counterproductive.
Many people are doing it anyway, because that is how people roll. When things go bad, finger-pointing begins, and the people who can do it always do, rightly or not.
The truth is that we can’t really judge counterfactuals, and all Republicans should be pleased with some things Trump did and disappointed with others. We have no idea what the election would look like if DeSantis had won in 2024, and it doesn’t matter now anyway. Trump is president,