Republican Governor of Florida is Ronald Dion DeSantis with aspirations to be President of the United States. Said during a speech in Las Vegas, “We do not want an authoritarian to be President. We want someone who listens to the people and will do away with the “Woke culture.”

I see two conflicts with his campaign talk to engage the right wing of his party. One is Florida has never had a more authoritarian governor. If any Floridian of either party spoke against him or his policies he makes them suffer. Disney World is only the most famous example. He has gone after schools for what a teacher has done, libraries for books he didn’t like, Democratic voting areas by reducing the number of polling sites causing long lines and then closing them before those in line could vote.

Another conflict is the majority of Americans like “woke” – whatever than encompasses. Most Americans believe in science over stupidity and lies. Most Americans feel schools should be secular and teach truth independent of government. DeSantis just specified all schools teach the evils of communism one day each year. They are also restricted from teaching any subject he doesn’t like or deems immoral. Those who fail to comply with his demands will be punished.

I guess being an Authoritarian means being a dictator to some and a father figure to others. A minority wants the former and may vote for him but the majority fear government morality controls and won’t vote for him. It will be interesting to see how much money he gets from Big Business which does not want to reverse their plans.