The democrats know how popular he is, they haven't gone full court press against him yet but have been going after him for about the last six months.The once and future president, IMO
The only way DeSantis will get the torch is if Trump hands it to him (but I do like what I've seen of DeSantis so far)
You don't see lefties doing everything they can to keep DeSantis from running (yet), so what does that tell you about who they really fear