As most conservatives denounce a "political prosecution", some rivals choose their words carefully.
Most Republicans have reacted to Donald Trump's latest indictment by defending the former president and denouncing the prosecution. But dig a little deeper, and the language they use to defend him is revealing.
Clearly since DeSantis has only done that on the state level it is not a mortal threat. After all if one state's part of free society dies it is not the death of the entire free society.