TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Instead of easing up on a two-year culture war in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis is doubling down on his anti-"woke" agenda as potential rivals for the GOP presidential nomination target him.
He’s surveying state universities and colleges for diversity, equity and inclusion and critical race theory programs, apparently to target them for budget cuts, as well as asking how much the schools are spending on gender-affirming care for transgender students.
He’s attacking COVID-19 vaccines and drug stores, lambasting President Biden’s immigration and economic policies, ridiculing California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pandemic protocols and railing against the federal government’s caution about gas stoves, even producing flags with stoves on them.
