Democrats parents rights and Election 2024

Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis may have a glass jaw. His presidential campaign apparently is reeling amid worries that Donald Trump and his henchmen could smash DeSantis to smithereens. Whether that’s premature or not, Democrats should not easily dismiss the cultural broadside — he’s the self-styled “anti-woke” governor — DeSantis has launched in Florida. The bigotry, book banning and assaults on gays and transgender kids are the acts of a bully. But DeSantis has shrewdly wrapped much of this in the mantra of “parents’ rights” — as has Virginia’s Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin. When Democrats focus more on criticizing than…