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DeSantis feels more like a narrative device for the media than a serious candidate. The news outlets need to work up some drama so that they have something to talk about between now and Trump’s coronation. I could be wrong, but I feel like I’ve seen this movie before.

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I think it’s all of the above, and probably not even that intentionally. Media outlets have the incentive to create horserace narratives, regardless of the underlying reality. They also have preexisting explicit and implicit biases that will slant their coverage to their preferred outcome. And, of course, lots of them are followers who will cover DeSantis for no other reason than response to induced demand. It all adds up to a manufactured DeSantis hype train that will, barring some unforeseen circumstances, chug along until it’s clear he isn’t going to win, at which point the narrative will shift to Trump vs Biden. Rinse repeat.

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:jeb:

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It would be hilarious to get Jeb, Bernie, and Hillary on the campaign again this time going after Joe and Trump

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Anecdotal but the only people I’ve seen giving DeSatan attention is CNN

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Ive seen alot of :LIB:s trying to taunt Trump by saying he’s gonna lose to Ron. They’re all rooting for Ron to win the primary.

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ofc liberals don’t give a shit about fascism but imagine rooting for a fascist because Trump is rude on twitter.

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tfw you think the pied piper didn’t work before because trump isn’t enough of a fascist

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When Trump is mean on Twitter it turns Libs into sad pandas who won’t eat their brunch. This is literally the greatest threat to civilization and if you can’t see that, you must be a Russian asset.

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😤

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ted cruz ass candidate

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Watching him and Rafael phone banking side-by-side will be funny as hell.

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Fuck one of these two assholes is going to be president again

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You mean the most important election of our lifetime! Democracy itself is at stake this time! :vote: :liberty-weeping:

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Multiparty democracies are inherently more democratic than evil tankie states. Even if the second of the two parties is trying to tear apart democracy openly while the other just shrugs. Sorry, thems the rules :maybe-later-honey:

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:hillary-apartment: Did somebody call for me?

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Watch him be on the same ticket as :trump-moist: . He has the attention of a LOT of fascist money. He’s young. I don’t think he’s going away.

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Why do you feel it’s so outside of the realm of possibility?

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They’ll kiss and make up as soon as the primary is over. Then DeSantis will become one of his biggest cheerleaders. And it’ll be back to business as usual.

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