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Tricia Crimmins is a Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

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‘I hate when mom and dad fight’: Ron DeSantis blasts Libs of TikTok for ‘lying’ about Florida immigration law

Marlon Ettinger writes about politics, crime, and culture.

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‘My cat threw up. Where was Ron?’: Memes mock conspiratorial claim DeSantis abandoned Florida

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DeSantis diehards push supporters to keep voting for him in primary—banking on ‘shadow’ campaign being real

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‘The future of the Republican Party actually wins’: DeSantis’ spectacular primary flameout instantly forgotten after Disney suit dismissed

DeSantis dead-enders talk about tanking Trump's campaign after Ron drops out

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‘Traitors will never be given second chances’: DeSantis, Trump online armies refuse to bury the hatchet after bitter primary fight ends

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

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Ron DeSantis mocked after attributing Budweiser quote to Winston Churchill

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Ron DeSantis ends 2024 bid with Winston Churchill ‘quote’ about ‘failure’—that’s from an old Budweiser ad

Katherine Huggins is a New York-based journalist and freelance contributor to the Daily Dot&#8217;s tech and politics section.

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Critics taunt DeSantis for dropping out: 'Should be forced to carry his presidential campaign to term'

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Critics taunt DeSantis for aborted presidential bid: ‘Should be forced to carry campaign to term’

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DeSantis team immediately blames media, claims conspiracy after Iowa called for Trump

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‘Go away now’: Trump supporters declare DeSantis campaign dead before Iowa finishes voting

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‘Everyone is going to be in the hospital’: Nikki Haley frequently citing her ‘DeSantis Lies’ site during debate turned into drinking game meme

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As first primaries loom, Haley, DeSantis supporters online see doom in both campaigns

Michael Zhang is a former FOIA intern for the Daily Dot. He&#8217;s in his third year at the University of Texas at Austin where he serves as an officer of UT’s Asian American Journalists Association and has written for the Daily Texan.

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EXCLUSIVE: Murder, kidnapping, brutality charges: These are the cops Ron DeSantis paid to come to Florida 

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‘Honey, it’s protest’: RuPublicans uses AI to turn top conservatives into drag queens

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Columnist says conservative site fired him for anti-DeSantis memes, deepfake

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Trump trolls trying to crash Ron DeSantis appearance stymied by Books-A-Million security guard

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