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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Adam Gabbatt

Ron DeSantis installs rightwing figures on board of former Disney district

Ron DeSantis in Tallahassee, Florida, on 3 January.
Ron DeSantis in Tallahassee, Florida, on 3 January. Photograph: Octavio Jones/Reuters

As Ron DeSantis continued to wage his Floridian culture war this week, wresting control of a Walt Disney Company-controlled county district, he also offered an insight into the kind of people he will value should the Republican governor successfully run for president in 2024.

DeSantis took control of Reedy Creek improvement district on Monday, and immediately installed five people to the district’s board, including the founder of a rightwing parent group, a Christian nationalist and a deep-pocketed Republican party donor.

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