# DeSantis can't win the GOP nomination or the general election in 2024 {How Trump plays into this is allowed} **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 23, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desantis-cant-win-the-gop-nomination-or-the-general-election-in-2024-how-trump-plays-into-this-is-allowed/980249 "2023-02-23T18:07:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 272
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desantis-cant-win-the-gop-nomination-or-the-general-election-in-2024-how-trump-plays-into-this-is-allowed/980249/272 "2023-03-04T00:52:28Z")
Moderating: Please be mindful of the thread you’re in. The discussion on fascism belongs here: > [@Ron DeSantis is a Fascist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-is-a-fascist/980464): > > I’m not going to hijack the thread where these statements originated, but I can’t let them pass unrefuted. The scope of this thread is to discuss only whether one believes DeSantis is not or is a fascist or a fascist-in-the-making, and whether your understanding affects how you will vote in the 2024 presidential election. Let’s start with the definition of a fascist: Here’s the definition according to the above-referenced dictionary: A fascist is someone who supports or promotes [fascism](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/fascism)—… The thread you are in is to discuss if/whether DeSantis can or will will the GOP nomination or the general election in 2024. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desantis-cant-win-the-gop-nomination-or-the-general-election-in-2024-how-trump-plays-into-this-is-allowed/980249)._