Ron DeSantis is burnishing his right wing anti-equality credentials to launch a Presidential campaign in hopes of garnering the support of the extremist wing of his party. That is the wing of the GOP that comes out in full force during primary season and usually picks some of the fringiest candidates to satisfy the desire to move the party farther to the right. Moderate Republicans have little chance of winning elections with Maga type candidates as their primary opponents and therefore this massive shift in GOP now is taking place with extremists now winning many elections.