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The Rise and Fall of a Conservative Florida Democrat
Republican Governor Ron DeSantis is using Florida as his political demonstration project for the country. He's threatening teachers with firing or even worse for teaching civil rights history, banning gender affirming care for trans people and treating families with trans kids like their criminals. This was 1964 in Florida. And that craze in Republican politics is of course not limited to Florida today. We're trying this all over now anywhere Republicans are in control of state government. But Florida has taken the lead on this. It turns out Florida has been here before.