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'Full-throttle': How the Florida Legislature is making Ron DeSantis a GOP juggernaut
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Jun 03, 2022 08:52am |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Allan Smith and Marc Caputo |
| News Date | Wednesday, June 1, 2022 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Florida's Ron DeSantis wanted to target social media companies for their content moderation policies, crack down on protests following Black Lives Matter demonstrations and punish a major corporation for crossing the GOP in the culture wars.
The Legislature delivered legislation he could sign on all three fronts — and fast, putting him out front as other Republican governors followed with similar moves. And it’s only scratching the surface.
For more than a year, Florida Republicans have made the state a test kitchen for conservative ideas that made DeSantis a favorite among GOP voters, who consistently rank him as their second choice to run for president in 2024 just behind Donald Trump. DeSantis has been able to wade into national culture wars by signing into law bills inhibiting classroom discussion of sexual orientation, gender and race, barring protesters from picketing outside a person’s home and limiting tenure at the state’s public universities. |
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