According to a recent report in the Guardian, DeSantis fatigue might actually be setting
in here in the state of Florida.
DeSantis approval rating in the state is still above water, right?
He still got a 54% approval rating, but that is a far cry from where the Republican wannabe
authoritarian dictator was just a year ago.
So you have Republicans in the state of Florida that loved them a year ago, and now they're
backing off.
And recently, by the way, at the end of Florida's legislative, uh, legislative session that
just recently ended, you had multiple Republicans actually vote against legislation that DeSantis
was pushing.
Now, the legislation passed anyway.
It was legislation, one that restricted abortion to just six weeks and two legislation that
further punished Disney.
You actually had Republicans for the first time say, I'm not gonna do it.
I'm done following this man.
I wanna read you something here.
This is from Ris Driscoll, who is the democratic leader of the house minority here in the state
of Florida.
This is what Driscoll had to say.
A what we're seeing with Florida voters is that DeSantis is still above water, but he's
starting to lose his edge and people are starting to rethink their support for him.
He started to stumble more and more nationally.
He was squirming at that podium when he had to defend those comments.
It wasn't me at also, by the way, here's the bright side.
No, there is no bright side to slavery.
We saw crossover where some Republicans, a handful of them felt those bills, the one
I mentioned were untenable.
But beyond that, there were quiet conversations.
Maybe you step into the restroom during a committee meeting and run to a new Republican
member rolling their eyes and saying how much they're over it.
They could be in their office in a meeting, and someone from the governor's office would
walk in with an amendment to file on a bill courtesy of the governor not giving them a
choice or making them feel like they even had a choice.
You know, they were tired of it.
If things don't go well for him on the national stage, I think he comes back as a lame duck.
Now, obviously, Driscoll is in the capitol, in the house, understands what's going on
better than anybody else outside of it.
But let me add to it, because I think this is really what's weighing down DeSantis here
in the state of Florida.
Again, he's still above water, but he's still slipping.
So here's what I think is happening.
What Ron DeSantis has done, not just with his presidential campaign, but even before
that, he has brought the national spotlight onto the state of Florida.
But more importantly, the legislation being passed by our solid conservative state legislature.
All of the horrific things that have happened in Florida have not
Come solely by DeSantis hands.
All of the reason we're being criticized all across the nation is not only because DeSantis
did it, but because his Republican enablers gave it to him.
So these people are now getting this unwanted attention.
I mean, let's face it, typically outside of a state, nobody knows that state's lawmakers,
right?
I mean, do you know everybody serving in the Texas House of Representatives?
Do you know the pieces of legislation they're sponsoring?
Do you know the ones in Georgia?
Do you know 'em in Wisconsin or Oregon?
No, you don't unless you live in that state.
But DeSantis national attention has brought that spotlight onto everybody showing the
country the backwards pieces of legislation that Republicans are pushing.
It's hurting them here in the state of Florida, and it's hurting them elsewhere.
That is what's driving them crazy.
It's not that they feel that, oh, I don't have a choice.
I gotta do what DeSantis wants.
They were more than happy to do it for his first four years in office.
The only thing that's changed is the amount of national attention that they are now getting
for passing such horrible legislation, and that is going to hurt DeSantis when he eventually
has to drop out of this Republican race.
He's gonna come back to the state of Florida with a legislature that is off at him for
the next or final, I should say, two and a half years of his administration.