WATCH: Ron DeSantis Shows How It's Done in Declaration on How His Appointment Process Would Work As POTUS

Though Republicans were no doubt rocked by the Colorado Supreme Court ruling 4-3 Tuesday in favor of removing former President and current 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump from the state's primary ballot on "insurrection" grounds, the show, as they say, must go on, and campaigning is just what the other candidates did Wednesday in the aftermath of the shocking news.

Among them was Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis who, after condemning the court's decision and noting this was yet another thing Democrats were doing to prove they weren't the beacons of democracy they claim to be, campaigned in Iowa alongside Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), another of DeSantis' prominent supporters who have come under attack by Trump and his surrogates with allegations of "RINO" being thrown fast and furious.

One thing DeSantis talked about during a campaign stop was his hiring/appointing process should he win the nomination and defeats whoever the Democratic nominee will be (presumably Joe Biden).

A big factor in his decision-making on the person would be whether or not they were someone who wanted the position in order to win back pats and attaboys from the D.C. cocktail circuit. If they did, it would be disqualifying in DeSantis' book:

As President, I will appoint people who are not trying to “be liked” or “invited to cocktail parties” in DC.
"If you want to be liked..then you're not going to do a good job. You need people there that have that backbone to stand strong, take the incoming, and know that you may not be representing the people inside official Washington... but you are standing up for the rest of America outside the Beltway."

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DeSantis: As President, I will appoint people who are not trying to “be liked” or “invited to cocktail parties” in DC.

"If you want to be liked..then you're not going to do a good job. You need people there that have that backbone to stand strong, take the incoming, and know… pic.twitter.com/gwkPS1ELxe
— DeSantis War Room 🐊 (@DeSantisWarRoom) December 20, 2023

Unlike other candidates in the past who have claimed "outsider" status but who get to D.C. and fall in with the crowd, I think DeSantis' record in Florida on the hiring front backs him up on that.

He brought in a number of people in his administration including state Surgeon General Joe Ladapo, who The Usual Suspects in the media and on the left absolutely despise. The same holds true, for example, with former and current members of his comms team, many of whom have been the cause of much public wailing and gnashing of teeth among the Florida press corps.

Further, DeSantis has been criticized by even some on the right for the apparent crime of preferring to not mingle with and rub elbows with the D.C. elite, which is something that makes him a wise man in my book.

As a public servant, you can't be afraid to be different, buck the system, kick over a few chairs, and knock down a few tables in order to get things done, and that includes bringing on people who are not afraid of going against conventional wisdom. DeSantis' track record in the Sunshine State reflects that mentality, and that experience would no doubt guide him on Pennsylvania Ave.

And while it wouldn't win him plaudits from the Smart Set, it's something the people outside the Beltway, if enough of them are paying attention, would in my opinion respect. Because mainstream Americans appear increasingly fed up with their concerns being ignored and their intelligence being insulted, and one of the things DeSantis does extremely well is getting right at the heart of just why voters feel the way they do, something one of his critics reluctantly acknowledged in an April interview:

“He’s got an ability to size up the electorate and figure out what issues and hot buttons he needs to press to advance his political ambitions,” [former Rep. David Trott (R-Mich.), who campaigned for Joe Biden in 2020] said. “There’s no question there’s a talent there. No taking that away from him.”

The Republican Iowa caucus is less than a month away. Will DeSantis defy the odds and emerge victorious? In my view, the deck has increasingly been stacked against him thanks in part to the indictments against Trump and now the Colorado ruling, which has galvanized Republicans even more against election-interfering Democrats. It will be interesting to see how the process plays out in light of that.

As always, stay tuned...