, has set guidelines for older kids and given parents the right to control what their children learn in school. And he has encouraged his state Board of Medicine to bar hormone treatment or surgery for minors who claim to be transgender. This follows a bill he introduced last year banning transgender women and girls from female sports. '){kind=link}
HE has been described as “DeFuture”, Trump 2.0 and the de facto leader of America’s Republican Party.
But whatever you call him, Ron DeSantis was undoubtedly one of the great success stories of this week’s US midterm elections.
The Florida governor was re-elected, bucking the trend to notch up a 20 per cent margin over his Democrat rival.
While some other Republicans struggled to achieve the predicted landslide, he delivered a convincing victory and strengthened his position as a potential presidential candidate.
So how was DeSantis able to turn the swing state of Florida into deep red Republican territory?