That's the bottom line in a more than 10,000-word profile of DeSantis by Dexter Filkins in this week's New Yorker magazine. The big picture: Filkins positions DeSantis as a new conservative folk hero, unafraid of battling the left and presenting himself as the only one brave enough to do it. Those who work closely with DeSantis say that he is unique among elected officials in his disregard for public opinion and the press. "He won’t kiss the ring," a political leader who sees DeSantis often told Filkins. He's very angry at Washington … And so he's kind of rallying the white, working class of Florida — of which the numbers are still quite large — and he's angry."
