- Could Ron DeSantis Be Trump’s G.O.P. Heir? He’s Certainly Trying. Florida’s governor has elbowed his way to the front of the line of 2024 Republican hopefuls by leveraging a brand of “competent Trumpism” (as one ally put it) and hitting back at critics of his pandemic leadership. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/10/us/politics/ron-desantis-republican-trump.html 55 comments politics