The increasingly bitter, increasingly consequential rivalry between Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis took two additional, unusual turns in recent days
Think of them as the great barracuda and the goliath grouper of Florida politics – and they are taking their fight north and are making waves nationally.
The rivalry, increasingly bitter and increasingly consequential, took two additional, unusual turns in recent days when Mr. Trump facedby a New York State grand jury and his supporters filed a complaint with the Florida Commission on Ethics, accusing Mr. DeSantis of using his position to further his presidential ambitions – two developments that have the potential of changing the trajectory of the campaign.
Though both have Ivy League degrees, Mr. DeSantis is far more cerebral than Mr. Trump . Though both men work to channel the political preferences of blue-collar workers, Mr. Trump is far closer to being a member of the elites that he reviles than is Mr. DeSantis . Mr. Trump has been criticized for failing to follow through on his policy proposals while Mr. DeSantis moved quickly to redeem his .
Both men travelled this month to Davenport, Iowa, to campaign in the state with the first caucus of the 2024 campaign, with Mr. Trump positioning himself as friendlier to the state’s ethanol industry than Mr. DeSantis, who while in the House of Representatives favoured repealing the Renewable Fuel Standard, which requires vehicle fuel to contain specific amounts of biofuels. That issue has no traction in 49 of the American states, but it is especially vital in Iowa, which produces 2.
At the same time, the latest Iowa Poll showed that a majority of the state’s residents support the state’s new ban on gender-affirming care for minors and bans on teaching about gender identity and sexual orientation to pupils in kindergarten through Grade 6 – elements that Mr. DeSantis has made part of his 2023 Florida legislative agenda.
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