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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

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

Ron DeSantis in front of american flag
Ron DeSantis’s soaring legal costs are reported to be at least $16.7m. Photograph: Logan Cyrus/AFP/Getty Images

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.

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