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On an early March evening when many Houstonians were otherwise occupied with the annual rodeo, Florida governor Ron DeSantis, boy wonder of the Sunshine State but not yet a presidential candidate, took the stage at the annual Harris County GOP Lincoln Reagan Dinner. As he revved up the crowd at the George R. Brown Convention Center during his keynote remarks, he argued that Texas and Florida stood linked at the crux of the nation’s hyperpartisan political and cultural wars. “They know you don’t mess with Texas—and you don’t tread on Florida,” DeSantis said. If not for the two states—red fire walls that tamp down progressive politics—he added, “our entire country would be one big woke, neo-Marxist dumpster fire.”DeSantis’s speech was full of hope. But Texas…

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