DeSantis is trying to out-Trump Trump

Fresno CA

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Despite his defeat in 2020, former President Donald Trump's incendiary style of politics is threatening to become the dominant strain in the GOP. For proof, look no further than the rise of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is shaping up to be one of Trump's potential GOP challengers in 2024. DeSantis, whose White House ambitions are well-known, seems to be trying to out-Trump Trump by mimicking his brash rhetoric while stoking a culture war that trades on fear and animus. So far this year, DeSantis has launched campaigns against Florida's LGBTQ community and perpetuated the cooked-up problem that children are being taught critical race theory in schools. Aided by a rubber stamp state legislature, DeSantis has pushed through laws that limit how race, gender identity and sexual orientation are discussed in schools. These policies-in-search-of-a-problem are key to the current version of the GOP culture war and may signal what's to come in the 2024 election and beyond. (HORRIBLE role model!)