DeSantis’ weakness as Trump slayer has GOP rivals smelling blood

The Florida governor once looked to be the Republican best positioned to knock off Trump. On the eve of his campaign launch, it's no longer so clear.

There’s also Hamlet on the James River, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, another political heavyweight who can’t seem to avert his eye from the race.

He was coming off an epic 2022 reelection victory in the nation’s third-largest state, marked by Florida’s biggest winning margin in 40 years. Officials in both parties did a double take at his robust performance among all Latino groups. On the eve of his launch, DeSantis now confronts the perception that he is a porcelain candidate, glazed and decorative, durable enough, but not really built to withstand the blunt impact of Trump’s hammer or the full fury of a united Democratic Party.

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