DeSantis vs. Trump Is the Heavyweight Fight We’ve Been Waiting For. By Stephen Kruiser.

I’ll begin by saying that I will more than enthusiastically vote for either of these guys. …

DeSantis’s candidacy is both long-awaited and dreaded on the Republican side of the aisle. Many view him as Trump without the unforced errors. The Trump hardcore faithful, on the other hand, see DeSantis as the one guy who can upset the MAGA apple cart. …

In stark contrast to the Democrats, the Republicans are not a hive mind. Internecine squabbles abound in the GOP. Trump vs. DeSantis is going to be the biggest one that the party has seen in a very long time. …

This battle isn’t just for the party nomination. It’s for the future of the Republic. If the Democrats win the White House again in 2024, the United States of America will be burnt toast. That’s not fantastical hyperbole. One only has to look at the shredding of the Constitution since Joe Biden showed up in January 2021 to see that it’s true.

The fight will — if Team DeSantis is smart — quickly center around the COVID pandemic and how leaders in government responded. As governor, DeSantis gave the finger to the prevailing governmental wisdom of the time. Trump stood onstage with the thoroughly evil Anthony Fauci every day. I loved almost everything Trump did as president, but he is the one who weaponized Fauci. His hardcore fans have been trying to rewrite that story. It’s not going to work.

Once more, with feeling: either one of these candidates can save the country if elected. GOP voters will have to abandon their petty penchant for sitting out an election if their candidate isn’t in it. If the Escalator MAGA faithful won’t vote for DeSantis if he’s the nominee, they’ll be guilty of doing what they accused the Never Trump Republicans of doing in 2016: essentially voting for the Democrat.

Political junkies are in for what will no doubt be one of the more entertaining throwdown nomination fights in recent memory. I try to keep the carbs to a minimum, but I’ll be kicking back with some popcorn for this one.