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Ron DeSantis is struggling without the Covid issue

Right now he's "Paul Ryan but says 'woke' a lot" instead of "Trump but competent"

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Matthew Yglesias
May 03, 2023
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Ron DeSantis seems to be flopping a bit in the polls right now, leading to heightened media scrutiny of his every decision and personality attribute. When someone is doing well, these things are often examined through a lens of “…

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