Gov Ron DeSantis is hard at work establishing himself as a leader among both the pool of GOP governors around the nation as well as the Republican Party writ large, and that evidently comes with a cost.
The Florida governor’s long and frequent legal battles with left-leaning groups of citizens and organisations are well-documented; most recently, the state of Florida went to war in the courts over the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which prohibits classroom “instruction” or “discussion” in public schools surrounding the issue (or existence) of same-sex relationships, couples, and marriage in general.
The governor was also briefly sued earlier this year over his efforts to remove Disney’s self-governing power over the business district that encompasses its Florida resorts in Orlando.
These culture war issues, which largely have centered around the growing opposition on the right to LGBT+ rights as well as the teaching of issues like the US slave trade and the Holocaust in public schools, have come to define Mr DeSantis’s administration as he tries to make a name for himself nationally among the Republican Party’s voter base.
It’s commonly thought among analysts and observers that the governor has natioal political ambitions, and may even seek to run for president in 2024. He frequently polls as the most-competitive GOP primary candidate behind Donald Trump.
Mr DeSantis’s administration has long turned to a high-powered DC law firm favourited by conservatives to wage this...
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