Florida taxpayers pick up bill for Ron DeSantis’s culture war lawsuits

Governor's Disney battle and extremist policies are met with costly lawsuits covered by blank check' from Republican legislature

Since Florida's governor Ron DeSantis took office in 2019 and embarked on his culture wars, lawsuits from various communities whose rights have been violated have been stacking up against the far-right Republican.

As DeSantis fights the lawsuits with what critics have described as a blank check from the state's supermajority Republican legislature, the mounting legal costs have come heavily at the expense of Florida's taxpayers.