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    Leonard Pitts Jr.: Ron DeSantis, a secessionist of convenience

    We’re all in this thing together. Or so we like to say. But Ron DeSantis’ hypocrisy just punched a hole through that ideal. In 2013, when Hurricane Sandy devastated New Jersey, the then-Florida congressman piously declined to support a bill providing $9.7 billion in aid to those who had seen their homes damaged or destroyed. “I sympathize with the victims of Hurricane Sandy,” he declared, but ...
    by Leonard Pitts Jr., Tribune Content Agency Oct 05, 2022 2 minutes

    We’re all in this thing together.

    Or so we like to say. But Ron DeSantis’ hypocrisy just punched a hole through that ideal.

    In 2013, when Hurricane Sandy devastated New Jersey, the then-Florida congressman piously declined to support a bill providing $9.7 billion in aid to those who had seen their homes damaged or destroyed. “I sympathize with the victims of Hurricane Sandy,”

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