Ron DeSantis is drawing from the Trump Supreme Court playbook

When Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas appeared for the first time before the Florida Federalist Society in January 2020, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared to a large banquet audience on the Disney World grounds: "I do think he is our greatest living justice."

source https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/06/politics/desantis-thomas-leo-supreme-court-2024/index.html