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In reply to the discussion: Teachers and students must "register" their political views? [View all]wnylib
(26,222 posts)in their party, pushing to take control of the party back from Trump and his acolytes.
Both have name recognition.
The J6 committee hearings and the investigations in NY and GA are causing conservative individuals, groups, and corporations to pull back from Trump. He was useful to them in 2016 against their nemesis, Hillary Clinton, and he got them a conservative court. But he is too unpredictable and self-serving for them to stay with. He has nothing more to offer them in maintaining corporate control of the government.
When Trump sinks in the public's eyes due to hearings, investigations, and trials of his inner circle, even if he himself is not tried and convicted, Cheney will become a national hero.
Cheney and DeSantis will project to their party an image of strong, stable leaders versus the Trump unpredictability and tendency to self-serving violence, which is bad for business and foreign relations. Cheney can gain the support of the corporate world. DeSantis can draw the people who support the domestic culture wars on religion, sexuality, and education.