NEW: Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is making an early play for the title of President Joe Biden's top GOP foe. by @TinaSfon & @rbravender ($) in @Politicsinsider businessinsider.com/ron-desantis-2…
First item in his plan of attack? Going after Biden's pandemic strategy, an offensive DeSantis started even before the Democrat had taken the oath of office. He's called Biden's plan a big mistake.
GOP insiders expect DeSantis, an Iraq War veteran, to use his bully pulpit in Florida to try to combat Biden policies that conservatives view as overreaching — much the same way GOP governors sparred with the White House during the Obama administration.
"Where Florida can lead on free-market, smaller-government issues that are opposed to the way that Joe Biden is going to be running his White House for the next 4 years, I think Ron will revel in the idea of being able to lead that opposition," said DeSantis' 18 campaign manager.
Democrats view DeSantis' early complaints about the Biden White House as political posturing, but they're also fine-tuning their defense, focusing on his pandemic performance and his fealty to Trump.
"I do think that DeSantis is vulnerable, and there's going to be an election, and there's going to be a number of Democrats who are going to be willing to take him on," said David Turner, a spokesman for the DGA. "Trump's errand boy is not a good look as an executive leader."
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