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The so-called January 6 Committee is one more example of leftist's inability, or undesirability, to think things completely through. While there is no merit to this inquisition, it’s purely another attempt to politically harm or eliminate Donald Trump, what happens if they are successful?

Should Trump not run for the presidency again, for any reason, that would simply open the door for Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis, who in most ways is exactly like Trump in policymaking but far more personally popular.

If hard-leftist radicals need any confirmation of DeSantis’ capabilities, they need look no further than his state wherein their faction hasn’t made the slightest dent. To the opposite, Florida in general, and particularly during Covid, produced the best performance in the nation stimulating relocation there in droves.

According to Wikipedia, “Born in Jacksonville, DeSantis spent most of his childhood in Dunedin, Florida. He graduated from Yale University and Harvard Law School. DeSantis joined the United States Navy in 2004, where he was promoted to lieutenant before serving as an advisor to SEAL Team One and being deployed to Iraq in 2007. When he returned to the U.S. a year later, the U.S. Department of Justice appointed DeSantis to serve as a Special Assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Middle District of Florida, a position he held until his honorable discharge in 2010”

First elected to Congress in 2012, he became a founding member of the Freedom Caucus and was a Trump ally. Frequently criticizing Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, he briefly ran for U.S. Senate in 2016 but withdrew when incumbent senator Rubio sought reelection.

DeSantis studied history at Yale University, captained the varsity baseball team, joining Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. An outfielder, as a senior in 2001, he had the team's best batting average at .336. At Yale he worked a variety of jobs, including an electrician's assistant and a baseball camp coach, graduating in 2001 with a B.A. magna cum laude. After spending a year as a history teacher at the Darlington School, he attended Harvard Law School, graduating in 2005 with a Juris Doctor cum laude.

Policy-wise and administratively, Wikipedia says: “During the Republican primary, DeSantis emphasized his support for Trump by running an ad in which DeSantis taught his children how to "build the wall" and say, "Make America Great Again" and dressed one of his children in a red "Make America Great Again" jumper. Asked if he could name an issue where he disagreed with Trump, DeSantis did not identify one."

While DeSantis is the most likely candidate should there be a Trump withdrawal, another name right behind is Trump’s oldest child and namesake, Donald John Trump Jr, 45 years old. According to constitutions.com: “He is known for his compelling strategies and the ability to transform losing entities into moneymakers and is worth approximately $25m. He has written various business-related books. He is also known for his political stand on various topics. From time to time, he has been involved with television productions.”

If it's time for a female, one step further away we find: “Lara Trump, 38, according to theguardian.com, [A] former personal trainer and TV producer who married into the family in 2014 and became the face of the Trump campaign’s online visual content.

“She’s very charismatic, she understands retail politics well and has a natural instinct for politics,” Mercedes Schlapp, a Trump adviser, told the Times. “In North Carolina, in particular, she’s a household name and people know her. She worked really hard on the campaign and was very involved in a lot of decisions throughout.”

So, other than Trump loyalists being quite upset, policy-wise it really doesn’t matter very much should the January 6 Committee actually fabricate some way to prevent another presidential run. What the left will wind up facing is not only another Trump politically, but one likely desirable to far more of the electorate than Trump himself. But just like what Forrest Gump understood about life, when it comes to the hard-left, "Stupid is as stupid does."

That’s it for today folks.

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