Chasing the Base: For Republican Voters, Trump Transcends Culture Wars

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🗓️ 17 March 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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After a big re-election win last year, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Florida is “where woke goes to die.” But the slew of culture-war policies he pushed, from restricting instruction about sexual orientation in schools to cracking down on drag performances, aren’t a top issue for many voters in the presidential race. While Republicans were generally supportive of DeSantis’s policies, they still said they preferred former President Donald Trump for the White House because of his stances on immigration and his record in the White House. WSJ political reporter Jimmy Vielkind travels to central Florida to speak with parents, activists and long-time Republicans about the limits of the culture war and what role they might play in Trump’s re-election campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.9	two queens named Ginger Minge and Gidget Galore sang songs,
0:38.8	called out bingo numbers, and cracked jokes.
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0:52.0	We've fought our whole lives to be able to say gay, damn that we're not going to say now.
0:57.0	There were gay and straight people in the crowd, men and women, young and old people. A few families brought school-aged
1:05.2	children. Everybody was having a good time, but for the owner, John Panessa, this is the front
1:12.1	line of America's culture war.
1:14.2	I never thought I would be in a lawsuit that would be taken to the Supreme Court.
1:22.4	John and his husband sold insurance before they opened the bar in 2008 and they had fun running the business for over a decade.
1:29.0	Then, last year, Florida Governor Ron Desantis signed a law barring minors from performances that include
1:36.6	what it calls lewd conduct.
1:39.2	John felt like a target had been placed on his business.
1:42.0	Indeed, Desantis made this vow when he was
1:44.9	sworn in for a second term that January. Florida is where woke goes to die.
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