From a distance, Florida and California look similar: beaches and natural disasters, theme parks full of tourists, and populations that swell with people from elsewhere. But their differences — and those between their governors — have become a much bigger part of the national conversation in recent months.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has spent the weeks since his reelection warring with “woke” enemies: picking a $2-billion fight with the world’s largest money manager over its environmental policies and vowing to go to court to defend a new law that blocks teaching about racial oppression and white privilege.
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