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Florida has shifted rightwards in recent years under Ron DeSantis, but has this affected the visitor experience?
With its perma-sunshine and breaks for all budgets, Florida isn’t exactly difficult when it comes to planning a holiday. Indeed, some 1.1 million Brits escape to the Sunshine State every year. But could some be about to face a new hurdle when it comes to their getaway?
Last week, one of Florida’s two Republican senators – former governor Rick Scott – took to Twitter to issue a rather baffling travel advisory video, warning “socialists” and fans of “big government” to think twice about visiting his state. It seemed that one of America’s biggest tourist destinations might be adopting a new policy: not for the woke.
As you might expect, the Senator’s social media freelancing hasn’t gone down well with everyone. “This kind of rhetoric is sad and pathetic,” blasted Anna V. Eskamani, a Democrat politician representing the theme-park wonderland of Orlando. “It completely ignores the fact that Florida needs out-of-state visitors to generate revenue.”
Still, there’s no denying that America’s third most populous state has undergone somewhat of a political makeover in recent years. After breaking for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, the state swung dramatically to the right, voting for Donald Trump twice and awarding a landslide re-election victory to its proudly anti-woke governor Ron DeSantis.