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David Smith in Orlando, Florida

The strange Republican world where the big lie lives on and Trump is fighting to save democracy

Attendees at CPAC in Orlando this week. ORLANDO, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 24: People attend the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at The Rosen Shingle Creek on February 24, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. CPAC, which began in 1974, is an annual political conference attended by conservative activists and elected officials. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Attendees at CPAC in Orlando this week. Trump is due to be the headline speaker at CPAC on Saturday night. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

On stage in a hotel ballroom glowing red, white and blue, Ron DeSantis was recalling his days in Congress and a book he wrote about America’s troubles. It was “read by about a dozen people,” the Florida governor said with rare self-deprecation.

DeSantis then told a gathering of grassroots conservatives on Thursday: “I look back at that time, it almost seems a little quaint to me because the threats we face to freedom, the threats we face to a just society, are much more pervasive than they were just 10 years ago.”

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