So There's A Lot Happening In Florida Right Now

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🗓️ 27 April 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

A flurry of headlines out of the Sunshine State: Gov. Ron DeSantis — a rising star in the Republican party and apparent presidential hopeful — is feuding with Disney after it criticized a new law limiting dicussion of gender and sexual identity in schools, a severe GOP gerrymander that will limit Black political power in the state, and new voting restrictions.

This episode: White House correspondent Scott Detrow, national correspondent Greg Allen, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Alan in Pensacola, Florida.
0:03.0	And I'm about to start my 21 hour road trip to Providence, Rhode Island, where I will
0:07.6	be starting my dream job.
0:10.0	This podcast was recorded at...
0:12.2	One 55 Eastern on Wednesday, forgot what day it was for a second, even though somebody
0:17.3	just told me it is Wednesday, April 27th.
0:20.4	Things may have changed by the time you hear it, but I will have crossed 11 state lines
0:24.2	along the way.
0:25.7	Okay, here's the show.
0:31.8	Or he'll still be on I-95, really hard to tell.
0:35.3	Good luck with it.
0:36.3	Now I want to know what that job is.
0:37.5	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:39.8	I've got Detro.
0:40.8	I cover the White House.
0:42.2	I'm Mara Laiasant, National Political Correspondent.
0:45.4	And today we are headed to Florida, which has been in the spotlight for a number of reasons
0:50.1	in recent weeks.
0:51.1	There's an ongoing fight between Disney and the state's governor over the parental rights
0:55.8	in Education Bill, which critics refer to as the don't say gay bill.
1:00.2	That's led, Governor Ron DeSantis, to sign a bill taking away Disney's special tax privileges.
1:06.0	There's also a battle over redistricting and the state's new congressional maps and voting
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