Why DeSantis Quickly Retreated from Attacking Trump

Washington Post: “His response to Trump’s indictment reflects both the trial-and-error in his approach, and his reluctance to declare open warfare against the top-polling Republican candidate. Rather than open a new phase of combativeness with Trump, DeSantis is lying low again, at least for the moment.”

“The person who said DeSantis wasn’t going to ‘bullied’ expects the governor to push back on Trump more sharply if he runs for president. But this person also expects he will take ‘the high road’ and engage with Trump on policy rather than trade insults and name-call — for instance, by rebutting the former president’s criticisms of how DeSantis handled the pandemic and taking aim at Trump’s own record on the issue, including his use of Anthony S. Fauci as a White House coronavirus adviser.”