Hello and welcome to Tuesday.

Cue the lights— Well, here comes Gov. Ron DeSantis’ close-up. In the last two years, the Florida Republican has seen his profile rise meteorically with the GOP due to his moves on the Covid-19 pandemic and battles over critical race theory, LGBTQ issues, immigration and other conservative flashpoints.

Here it comes— National news organizations are starting to drop profiles on the governor with two coming out on Monday and likely more to follow in the near term. DeSantis was name-dropped by Bill Maher on Friday, who said DeSantis would be a better president than former President Donald Trump. Piers Morgan penned a column stating that Republicans should “dump the...

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