Can DeSantis Unseat Trump?
The long-awaited Republican reckoning has only just begun, says David Frum.
by Kelli María Korducki
Nov 10, 2022
5 minutes
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My colleague David Frum wrote this week that Tuesday’s midterm was the latest loss for Donald Trump and a major win for newly reelected Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who has a chance at the GOP crown. Can DeSantis rise to the challenge? And will Republicans finally break with Trump? I called David to find out.
But first, here are three new stories from The Atlantic.
“The Trump Way”
You write that DeSantis is now about to show the public whether he’s “a leader or a follower, a man or
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