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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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David Smith in Washington

Republican red meat: Ron DeSantis bids to outflank Trump on the right

DeSantis can point to a hard right record in Florida and suggest that he gets the job done in contrast to Trump’s unfulfilled promises at the White House.
Ron DeSantis can point to a hard-right record in Florida and suggest that he gets the job done in contrast to Donald Trump’s unfulfilled promises at the White House. Photograph: Charlie Neibergall/AP

Donald Trump is not the most rightwing candidate running for the White House. That is a statement few would have thought possible after the former president’s brand of nativist-populism reshaped the Republican party.

But as the Republican primary election for 2024 gathers pace, Trump finds himself eclipsed on the right by Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, who is betting that the party’s voters are spoiling for an even more extreme agenda.

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