The Florida governor is appealing to the GOP’s right flank as he tries to peel support away from Donald Trump. But many are still drawn to the former president, who leads by a wide margin in the polls.
minority groups such as Muslims and Mexican immigrants, and they are voicing similar concerns about the following DeSantis has built. Shevrin Jones, a Black Democrat who in 2020 became the first openly gay member of the Florida Senate, said DeSantis “has gotten his rise off of going after marginalized people and beating down on marginalized people.”
DeSantis voters say they are impressed by battles DeSantis has waged and the enemies he’s made — including the media, liberal governors and Disney. “He’s taken arrows and it doesn’t stop him from doing what I think is right,” said Daphne Maingot, 63, who is backing DeSantis and went to see him in Greenville.
In Gilbert, S.C., 23-year-old Heather Buzzo said she thinks it’s inappropriate for young kids to learn about transgender identities and supports DeSantis in part because of his approach to LGBTQ+ issues in schools. The pandemic “showed how much the government will control people if you let them,” said Amy Blankenburg, who supports DeSantis and wore a “Make America Florida” hat to his campaign kickoff outside Des Moines. She said DeSantis’s coronavirus response in the Sunshine State was “a beacon of hope” amid other states’ overreactions — a signal to the rest of the country that “you do not have to be afraid of this.
“DeSantis would be a fresher … version of Trump?” Steve Van Veen, 50, said while out shopping at a Walmart in Pella, Iowa. He paused for the right words. “Just kind of a lower key.” Still, De Weerd is committed to DeSantis. He said one of the governor’s interviews with Newsmax convinced him that DeSantis has a plan — and he liked that the governor didn’t resort to name-calling and even gave Trump credit for his past work.
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