After months (if not years) of avid anticipation for his inevitable presidential campaign, including in the pages of the Washington Examiner, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) launched his 2024 bid not with a bang, but with a bust. Standing up to former President Donald Trump, the celebutante who became a working-class hero by blasting the corporate and media elites, the Florida governor made the inexplicable decision to debut the GOP’s best chance to beat President Joe Biden during a glorified Twitter advertisement, flanked by two left-wing billionaires who are overt champions of corporate welfare.