'Full-throttle': How the Florida Legislature is making Ron DeSantis into a GOP juggernaut

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'Full-throttle': How the Florida Legislature is making Ron DeSantis into a GOP juggernaut
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For more than a year, Florida Republicans have made the state a test kitchen for conservative ideas that have made Gov. DeSantis a favorite among GOP voters.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds the signed Parental Rights in Education, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill, at Classical Preparatory school in Spring Hill on March 28.DeSantis has hogged the headlines and the spotlight, starting with. But he wouldn’t be such a GOP juggernaut this year without his hand-in-glove relationship with the Legislature, which moved with such dispatch that Republican governors in other states such as Texas and South Dakota often have to play catch-up to him.

And DeSantis’ approval ratings in the state are higher than Scott’s ever were, and they rival or exceed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis scolds students for wearing masks during his visit to the University of South Florida.“You have a lot of the sort of spineless, moderate Republican types in the Legislature who would have never done anything on this topic if it wasn’t for the governor,” state Rep. Anthony Sabatini, an “” lawmaker who is running in Florida’s 7th Congressional District, said of the recent legislation targeting LGBTQ discussions in school. “It’s all coming from the governor.

he signed last year over free speech concerns. On the Disney front, the bill he signed provided the Florida government with roughly one year to figure out how to move forward with the elimination of the special district. It’s not yet clear how it will do so.

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