Naked

 Ron DeSantis is the Trump we all fear; a Trump unshackled by the manifestly unfit personality traits that Trump manifests every second of the day. (The fact that those manifestly unfit character traits are exactly what appeals to many of his voters is not lost on me.)

In a transparent bid to pander to white resentment DeSantis passed an odious law that basically makes certain forms of protest illegal. It was specifically designed to target Black Lives Matter.  How do we know? Because when Cuban Americans in Miami engaged in exactly the sort of behavior that the law prohibits - blocking a freeway - they were not arrested.

Importantly, some Cuban American protestors in Tampa were arrested. That means the courts will get to weigh in sooner rather than later on the constitutionality of this law. Frankly, I would be surprised if it survived judicial scrutiny, but that doesn't matter to a fucker like Ron DeSantis. If the courts strike it down, it becomes just another cause in the culture war.

Speaking of which, there's a good quote buried in the piece. Anna Eskamani, a Democratic rep who opposed the law, says that it shows "how bad policy comes out of culture wars." If there was a way to encapsulate the entire GOP agenda for this century, it can be wrapped up in that sentence. Because GOP governance is based on culture war grievances, often with little to no basis in reality (see Critical Race Theory being taught in elementary schools), it does not lend itself to thought out policies, but rather these ridiculous bills that are blatantly targeted at Black people.

Anyway, it would behoove Democratic strategists to start tearing DeSantis down now, the way the GOP did with Hillary Clinton and the Benghazi hearings. He's genuinely evil without being as self-destructive as Trump.