Governor DeSantis this morning was asked by someone in New Hampshire about why he’d be the best candidate to drain the swamp. The questioner pointed out that they voted for someone to drain the swamp last time and it never happened.

Here’s the response by DeSantis:

Here’s what he said:

“I remember these rallies in 2016. It was exciting. ‘Drain the Swamp!’. I also remember ‘Lock her up! Lock her up!’ right? And then two weeks after the election, ‘ah oh forget about it, forget I ever said that’.

“NO NO NO. One thing you’ll get from me – if I tell you I’m going to do something, I’m not just saying that for an election. And there are promises I could make that may help me marginally politically that I don’t know that I could necessarily follow through on. So I will not make that.

“And I think the idea of draining the swamp, in some respects, I think it misses it a little bit. Because we didn’t drain it. It’s worse today than it’s ever been, by far. And that’s a sad testament to the state affairs of our country. But even if you’re successful at draining it, the next guy can just refill it. So I want to ‘break the swamp’. That’s really what we need to do.”

He’s right. ‘Lock her up’ was one of the first big disappointments of the Trump administration. Trump folded fast on that one.

Unlike Trump in 2016, DeSantis is already a known quantity and has a proven record of keeping promises he made in Florida. He’s clearly the right man for the White House in 2024.