Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is not running for president—at least not officially, not formally, not yet—so it is not necessarily surprising that the Sunshine State’s Republican chief executive has not responded to preemptive attacks from potential rivals for the 2024 GOP nod.
Way-too-early polls show DeSantis and former President Donald Trump are, far and away, the top two potential hopefuls among survey respondents to emerge victorious from Republican primaries beginning next February, and in the following fall to challenge the Democratic candidate, now likely but not certainly, incumbent President Joe Biden.
Trump officially announced on Nov 15 that he was running in the 2024 presidential election and has zeroed in on DeSantis with a withering string of criticisms. …