![]() “Well, let me just tell you, maybe this is a little secret, but it might just be that Florida’s the Utah of the Southeast. “I was recently visiting with some folks in Iowa, and people said, ‘Iowa, they’re really the Florida of the Midwest with all the conservative stuff they’re doing,’” DeSantis said. Spencer Cox, “one of the best governed, best performing states.” DeSantis then went on to bestow perhaps the biggest compliment he could, even if it kind of came at the expense of a third state. While addressing the Utah GOP’s organizing convention in late April, he called the state, led by Republican Gov. ![]() “So we have some objective criteria from a third party.”ĭeSantis himself seems to have softened his pitch a tad. in their whole scoring criteria, New Hampshire came in first last year,” Ager said, referring to a libertarian think tank’s ranking of New Hampshire as the freest state, based on personal and economic freedoms. Alec Monopoly is a multimedia painter and graffiti artist with more than 3,000 paintings and multimedia art objects for sale on eBay. DeSantis calls it the free state of Florida. And there have been signs in recent weeks that DeSantis recognizes he needs to shift how he talks about Florida, making it seem less aspirational and exceptional and more like an example of Republican leadership that has thrived elsewhere.Īger, the New Hampshire GOP chair, said in an interview that he sees nothing wrong with friendly competition - and he wasted little time asserting his own state’s superiority. It’s a tricky task - one that has caught attention of DeSantis’ home state reporters at Florida Politics - that in the wrong hands can come off as a magnanimous pander or a condescending pat on the back. ![]() DeSantis, though, emphasized that he enjoys a “special perch” or “unique catbird’s seat” to view how other governors are doing, “because when people visit or move here, they tell me what’s going on in their states.”Īfter bestowing this authority onto himself, he took some shots at Democratic-led Illinois and proclaimed that Reynolds indeed presides over “one of the best-run states.” His claim to fame is the use of the Parker Brothers legendary board game Monopoly. His signature is covering his face with his hand or using a medical face mask to hide his facial identity. Reynolds introduced and interviewed DeSantis at two events in March, making sure to hold up her own record alongside his and frame them as equally accomplished governors. Alec Andon, 1 professionally known as Alec Monopoly, is a street artist originally from New York City. “But make no mistake, we are competitors.” ![]() Kim Reynolds, who has hosted DeSantis in the first-in-the-nation caucus state, said in an interview with NBC News. “It’s a lot of fun competing with my colleagues and Republican governors across the country,” Iowa Gov. ![]()
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