‘We can lose more freedoms’: Florida braces for Ron DeSantis’s wrath after national rout

As the governor trudges back to finish his term, questions arise on his extremist agendas that failed to capture national interest

Ron DeSantis has fallen off the national stage and America will not, after all, become Florida like he once envisaged. But back in his home state, opponents are bracing for the return of the Republican to serve the remainder of his final term as governor following the implosion of his presidential campaign.

Florida is where DeSantis honed his extremist attacks on a wide range of targets from the transgender community to immigrants and Black voters. Although he will no longer be carrying them to the White House, critics here say there's probably plenty more to come.