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Sunshine statement: Ron DeSantis’s Florida

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The Economist

News & Politics, News

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Talk of a presidential run for the governor is growing. We examine the state’s rightward lurch as a bellwether of his intent and his political strength. Our correspondent finds that divorce is getting easier, cheaper and a little less adversarial across the rich world. And the wider ecosystem risks posed by the looming extinction of the Sumatran rhino.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

0:08.6

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

0:17.0

The traditions of marriage may vary, but the contours of divorce are often similar,

0:22.8

sometimes nasty battles over who owns what and who will look after the children.

0:27.5

That is changing as reforms make divorce cheaper, quicker, and a bit less adversarial.

0:34.7

And demand for rhinoceros horn has pushed the creatures to the brink, but that's not just a worry for the rhinos.

0:41.5

Researchers who studiously examined piles of dung have found why extinction would also come at great cost to rhinos preferred fruity snacks.

0:57.0

First up, though.

1:09.0

Florida is home to many exotic creatures, perhaps most recognizably, the habitual golfer. First on T, 45th president of the United States.

1:14.5

45th and 47.

1:15.9

47.

1:16.6

Yes.

1:17.7

Donald Trump on the Lynx last week once again hinted at a 2024 bid to return to the White House.

1:24.2

His most likely competition for the Republican nomination would come in the form of another Florida resident, Governor Ron DeSantis, a role for which he received Mr. Trump's endorsement in 2018.

1:35.3

As talk of Mr. DeSantis' potential presidential run has spread, the pair aren't so cozy anymore.

1:42.3

And what kind of leader might he be?

1:44.9

Well, just look at how things are going under him as governor.

1:48.3

Florida is America's third largest state, and it's arguably the most important swing state.

1:53.5

So people spend a lot of time trying to predict what Floridians are thinking and how they're going to vote.

2:00.2

Alexandra Sewage Bass is our senior correspondent for politics, technology, and society.

2:05.2

So I've been driving around the state of Florida quite a bit, and I spent some time in

2:09.7

Tallahassee. Steve Shale, who is a Democratic operative, who helped get Obama elected in Florida

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