Horse race reporters are getting sick of the "DeSantis floundering" narrative and are slowly pivoting to a "DeSantis comeback imminent" narrative
The narrative shift is made up. It's not based on facts. It's based on the needs of these reporters to write something new.
I wish reporters had narratives about the power jockeying amongst Republican billionaire donors instead.
DeSantis is a hot potato being tossed between Griffin and Russian oligarchs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/25/us/politics/ron-desantis-ken-griffin-2024.html
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/03/ron-desantis-ukraine-war-putin-criminal
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-03-23/on-ukraine-and-russia-desantis-seems-to-be-siding-with-the-cranks
https://www.jacksonville.com/story/special/special-sections/2019/10/16/desantis-received-money-from-pair-hit-with-federal-campaign-finance-charges/2515991007/
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/federal-agents-search-fisher-island-property-allegedly-linked-to-russian-oligarch/2849245/
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/ron-desantis-donors-donald-trump-uncertainty-1234716875/
https://thehill.com/policy/international/3723346-russian-oligarch-linked-to-putin-says-he-interfered-in-us-elections/
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-new-york-manhattan-indictments-a5f233a6e1ab0652764d95223b030881
https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-oligarch-seizes-400-000-acres-of-ukrainian-farmland-owners-say-11670338956
https://www.wfla.com/news/politics/florida-dems-call-for-state-gov-desantis-to-end-300m-in-russian-investments/
https://newrepublic.com/article/165782/republicans-putin-history-relationship-manafort
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