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Editorial: Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign meltdown and what must be done to stop Trump

Ron DeSantis vows to keep restaurants open during COVID-19 at a news conference on December 15, 2020, at Okeechobee Steakhouse in West Palm Beach, Florida.

As governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis reopened his state quickly after COVID-19, limited economic damage and managed to reopen schools by the fall of 2020, reducing learning loss. Florida also had an impressive vaccination rate and a lower age-adjusted COVID-19 death rate than most American states. Debates over COVID-19 policies and their consequences will continue for decades, but a growing number of nonpartisan historians are arguing that DeSantis was far more right than wrong.

His environmental record, including protection of the Everglades, is better than many Democratic

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