Ron DeSantis sees ‘freedom’ in Florida – thanks to Republican supermajority

The governor - believed by many to mount a 2024 presidential campaign - is ramping up an anti-woke' crusade with a veto-proof supermajority in state legislature

If there's one word Floridians have heard plenty of since their Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, was sworn in for a second term last month, it is freedom". The rightwing politician, expected by many to seek his party's 2024 presidential nomination, sprinkles the word freely as he ramps up the anti-woke" crusade he believes can propel him to the White House.

It turns out, following a special legislative session last week that handed DeSantis victory after victory in his culture wars against big corporations, the transgender community, students, migrants and racial minorities, the person with the greatest freedom in Florida to do exactly as he pleases is the governor himself.