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<p>Is there trouble brewing in MAGA paradise? As the Republican presidential primary race heads into summer, Florida Gov. <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/can-the-cult-of-ron-desantis-beat-trumps-maga-die-hards">Ron DeSantis</a> finds himself in a surrogate spat with the biotech entrepreneur—and fellow GOP hopeful—<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/anti-woke-businessman-vivek-ramaswamy-may-be-the-next-big-right-wing-star">Vivek Ramaswamy</a>.</p>
<p>In case you haven’t been following this internecine tiff, here’s a recap: On June 3, Ramaswamy criticized DeSantis for signing Florida’s <a href="https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/269">HB-269</a>—a law <a href="https://www.flgov.com/2023/04/28/governor-ron-desantis-signs-enhanced-anti-antisemitism-and-anti-bds-legislation-in-israel/">designed to</a> “provide law enforcement agencies with new enforcement mechanisms to punish perpetrators of antisemitic incidents and those who target religious communities”—<a href="https://twitter.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1665004226823483399">telling CNBC that DeSantis</a> “signed a hate speech bill earlier this year at his donors’ request.”</p>
<p>Dave Rubin, a conservative podcaster and effusive DeSantis supporter, responded by accusing Ramaswamy of “<a href="https://twitter.com/RubinReport/status/1665696673429897216">doing Trump’s dirty work</a>.” Then, <a href="https://twitter.com/TriciaOhio/status/1666163534995095555">Ramaswamy’s press secretary accused</a> Rubin of taking money from Team DeSantis. Both <a href="https://twitter.com/TriciaOhio/status/1666163534995095555">Rubin</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/ChristinaPushaw/status/1666183757651476481">DeSantis’ rapid response director</a> (who has <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlkLFzV3ETA">appeared as a guest on Rubin’s show</a>) flatly denied the allegation.</p>
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Photo Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty Images
Is there trouble brewing in MAGA paradise? As the Republican presidential primary race heads into summer, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis finds himself in a surrogate spat with the biotech entrepreneur—and fellow GOP hopeful—Vivek Ramaswamy.
In case you haven’t been following this internecine tiff, here’s a recap: On June 3, Ramaswamy criticized DeSantis for signing Florida’s HB-269—a law designed to “provide law enforcement agencies with new enforcement mechanisms to punish perpetrators of antisemitic incidents and those who target religious communities”—telling CNBC that DeSantis “signed a hate speech bill earlier this year at his donors’ request.”
