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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The worst part, was early on in Florida his administration was rather popular. He hadn't embraced the far-right culture war bullshit, he hadn't gone off the rails with COVID, he could have maintained that centrist Republican lane and probably done much better.

He has the political instincts of one of those fictional lemmings that jumps off a cliff.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

He was popular because of his anti-Covid lockdown policies. Keeping Florida open for partying was the entire reason he had national attention and popularity