To what "NOT a political battle" are you referring?
Yes, I believe that DeSantis has plenty of fight in him. Like Trump, he certainly appears to know that government and its proponents, whether they are inside the belly of the beast or outside looking in, are not to be trusted and should be dealt with directly. Unlike Trump, DeSantis doesn't spend a lot of time stepping on his own dick.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence