A Florida burger joint is suing him for banning children from watching drag acts. African-American activists have put a ‘travel advisory’ on entering the state. As for Disney, a major employer, the company thinks he’s worse than all its cartoon villains put together.
When it comes to enemies, even Donald Trump struggled to make so many so quickly. But endless friction is exactly the way firebrand Florida governor Ron DeSantis likes it. And tonight, the self-proclaimed champion of anti-wokeness formally entered the 2024 race for the White House.
Presenting himself as Trump’s successor in the role of the Republicans‘ anti-establishment candidate, he has pledged to break the party’s ‘culture of losing’ despite his own hiccup in recent polls.
And in what is seen as a sign that he intends to place a heavy emphasis in his election campaign on the culture wars over issues such as sexuality, gender and education that are gripping the U.S., he announced his candidacy on the conflict’s…
