DeSantis faced an unwinnable strategic bind in the 2024 primaries. If he said Trump lost in 2020, half the base would turn on him. If he didn't, he had no rationale for being on stage at all. This is the fundamental challenge of challenging a 'magnetic, generational figure' — the same tribal loyalty that makes them beatable in theory makes attacking them fatal in practice.
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