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Podcast: The Conversation with Dasha Burns
Episode: How Ron DeSantis went from GOP prom queen to MAGA wallflower
Description: This week, the rumors became reality as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and South Carolina Senator Tim Scott announced their long-awaited presidential campaigns. The contrast between the two events foreshadowed all of the big questions for next year’s Republican primaries.Tim Scott, who is a favorite among his senate colleagues — but who is mostly unknown outside of his home state and the Washington, D.C., fundraising circuit — preached optimism and unity while sharing the stage with his mother.Ron DeSantis, on the other hand, did something a little different. He announced his campaign on Twitter Spaces...