The MSM already have their Hate-DeSantis grist mill turning, but not at full speed or volume. They're POed that FL's Covid death rate is similar to NY's and lower than NJ's, despite handling Covid very differently. Abbott has a similar death-rate vs. handling issue in the MSM's eyes.
Yup. They did the same shit with McLame, but of course he was a RINO. The media loved him up until the point he started to have a chance. Yeah, McLame having selected Palin had a bit to do with it, but not as much as the media's hatred for anything other than communism.
It doesn't take much foresight, but come late 2023 and to the end of primaries season, the MSM will dump hate and vitriol on any and every somewhat or better conservative candidate, and lionize some selected RINO they hope to propel to the R nomination (after which will come the hate and vitriol dump).
Yeah, I can think of a few right off the bat. Thom Tillis, who is the most despised RINO at the moment, ditto for John Cornyn. Despicable turds who don't have a clue except how to drop from the aft end of an asshole.