Ron DeSantis Abortion Ban Ruling Gives Trump A Big Problem In Florida
Ron DeSantis's presidential ambitions have come back to haunt Trump and the GOP in Florida, as the state Supreme Court allowed the abortion ban on the ballot.
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Thanks To Ron DeSantis, Republicans Have A Big Problem In Florida
Gov. Ron DeSantis used Florida as a prop for his presidential campaign by enacting one bad policy after another in the Sunshine State so that he could show Republican voters how he could govern the nation the Florida way.
DeSantis’s presidential campaign ended up being one of the most spectacular crashes and burns in primary history, but that has not stopped the governor’s bad policies from continuing to haunt Republicans.
In two rulings, the state Supreme Court upheld the DeSantis abortion ban but also ruled that a ballot initiative on abortion can move forward to the election in November.
According to Politico:
In dual decisions releas…
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