Erika D. Smith: DeSantis is waging a 'battle for reality' with his anti-trans, anti-Black book bans
For a few precious hours last week, I almost believed that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — fresh off a glitchy presidential campaign announcement that made him the laughingstock of the Twittersphere — might have to slither away from the national political stage and head back to some swamp in his home state.
But alas, that was never going to happen.
As odious as DeSantis is, it has become increasingly clear that his culture-war antics, especially his anti-trans, anti-Black crusade to ban books, which recently ensnared Amanda Gorman's "The Hill We Climb," are more popular among Americans than they should be.
Consider that in the first 24 hours after DeSantis declared from donors large and small. The haul included $1 million in a single hour.
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