How Florida plays a key role in defeating Maga

All political commentators agree that Democrats are in complete confusion. The Democrats are twitching as President Donald Trump issues orders one after another. Obviously, being recoil is not a place of strength.

However, the recent political upheaval surrounding Governor Ron DeSantis offers a strategic pathway for Democrats. For the first time since his election, Floridians witnessed divisiveness among elected Republicans. Republican leaders openly challenged Desantis’ iron fist rules with their own personal ambitions to become the next governor. These leaders know that now is the time to position themselves to become the next governor, as DeSantis is a lame duck.

It appears that a rift is emerging within the Republican Party. Democrats can develop strategic plans to reclaim the White House and Congress on what’s going on in Florida, at the national level.

This strategic plan is not novel. Certainly, Julius Caesar defended it in a military campaign against the Garish tribe. Caesar defeated the Gaulish Tribes based on a campaign called “Divide Et Impera.”

Like DeSantis, Donald Trump is a lame duck. As a result, other Republicans with unlimited ambitions to become the next president will soon make their move. They place themselves, carve out their own foundations of power, and create factions within the Republican Party. Some factions may be on the right side of the Magazine (for example, the Free Caucus), while others may take on Trump.

JD Vance, the presumed next president, looks at his back. Look at what happened to Trump’s last vice president.

So the Democrats’ path to advance is clear. They must do more than they expect the public to tire of Trump or the Republicans to collapse on their own. Rather, by replicating Caesar’s defeat of the Garish tribe, Democrats must cultivate and strengthen all the differences that inevitably appear within the Republican Party. They must embrace one Republican faction and the other faction. In short, they must divide and conquer.

Just as Trump and Elon Musk’s popularity has faded, other ambitious Republicans trust that they will exploit their weaknesses for their own personal farming. Facts appear and become established. At that point, Democrats should adopt “dividing the emera” and reclaim the White House and Congress.

The division and conquest worked at Caesar, and it works for the Democrats.

James Annaver is a researcher at the University of Cincinnati Community & Justice Center. He recently retired as a professor of criminology at the University of South Florida.