DeSantis accused of distracting voters from the 'festering problems in Florida' in scathing editorial

The Editorial Board of the Miami Herald issued a scathing piece Wednesday accusing Gov. Ron DeSantis of adopting a Donald Trump tactic to manipulate the public's attention away from real problems Floridians suffer under. Then there's his war with Disney, one of the largest employers in the state, because they "had the temerity to push back against the governor’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill. "DeSantis, like Donald Trump before him, is practicing the dark art of manipulating our attention, throwing bombs to keep us riveted, even as other, far less sexy state problems remain unfixed, like property insurance," they argued. "By giving so much light and air to DeSantis’ political gyrations, we let him draw attention from the many things he’s not doing.