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Back to reality in Florida, DeSantis better drop the culture wars and get to work - Opinion
Back to reality in Florida, DeSantis better drop the culture wars and get to work - OpinionIt’s time for Ron DeSantis to go back to his real job, the one Floridians reelected him to do just months before he announced his presidential bid.
DeSantis tried to sell his accomplishments in Florida to Republican primary voters in other parts of the country. He had a litany of signature laws he pushed through the Legislature, but most of them required more state control over private businesses like Disney or public school classrooms or women’s reproductive rights — all in the name of fighting some made-up threat to American values.
The past two years have been full of posturing and fabricated cultural outrage to pace with whatever issues right-wing Twitter-sphere and Fox News amped up.
After dropping out of the GOP race on Sunday, DeSantis is no longer under pressure to make a name for himself. It’s time for him to quit performative politics and heavy-handed government interference and seriously address issues for the people who actually did elect him. We’re talking about things like rising property and auto insurance rates and housing prices.
Home prices and rental costs in South Florida have skyrocketed like never before in recent years. Unlike California or New York, Florida has had a reputation for being affordable. That’s slipping away, despite lawmakers’ unusual effort last year to address the issue with sweeping legislation called the Live Local Act.
DeSantis tried to sell his accomplishments in Florida to Republican primary voters in other parts of the country. He had a litany of signature laws he pushed through the Legislature, but most of them required more state control over private businesses like Disney or public school classrooms or women’s reproductive rights — all in the name of fighting some made-up threat to American values.
The past two years have been full of posturing and fabricated cultural outrage to pace with whatever issues right-wing Twitter-sphere and Fox News amped up.
After dropping out of the GOP race on Sunday, DeSantis is no longer under pressure to make a name for himself. It’s time for him to quit performative politics and heavy-handed government interference and seriously address issues for the people who actually did elect him. We’re talking about things like rising property and auto insurance rates and housing prices.
Home prices and rental costs in South Florida have skyrocketed like never before in recent years. Unlike California or New York, Florida has had a reputation for being affordable. That’s slipping away, despite lawmakers’ unusual effort last year to address the issue with sweeping legislation called the Live Local Act.
