Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has a canned response when asked any question related to the events of January 6, 2021: It's time to move on.
On the campaign trail, DeSantis often claims that January 6 will be a losing issue in the general election.
The governor repeated that warning at the debate in Milwaukee on Wednesday night, insisting the 2024 election "Is not about January 6 of 2021, it's about January 20 of 2025.".
Radio show host Clay Travis asked DeSantis in May whether he would consider pardoning January 6 defendants if he became president; DeSantis pivoted away from the question to instead talk about the DOJs targeting of pro-life activists and parents protesting at school board meetings.
Cribbing talking points from Nancy Pelosi's January 6 select committee, DeSantis recently told a crowd of supporters that Trump failed to stop the protest at the Capitol despite Trump's inability to do so.
No matter how hard DeSantis tries to rewrite the account of January 6 or wish away the issue on the campaign trail, it's not going anywhere.
What DeSantis clearly doesn't see coming is how Democrats will hang January 6 around his neck if he defeats Trump for the nomination.
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