WaPo: “Florida has forever been a magnet for social misfits and fugitives, drug lords and con men, colorful outliers and outright liars. As befits the home of Donald Trump, Florida has also become a MAGA hot spot, drawing conservative provocateurs, media personalities, politicians and rabble rousers.
Among the rich and notorious ideologues who live full time in Florida or own homes there, the roster includes Fox News favorites Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham, radio hosts Dan Bongino and Mark Levin, Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy, political operative Roger Stone and political commentator Ben Shapiro.
“All roads lead to Mar-a-Lago,” Laura Loomer, a right-wing activist and fellow Floridian, told Vanity Fair last fall. “This is where the political power within the right wing or the America First movement is centralized.”
But high-profile Republicans are hardly the only Floridians gaga over MAGA. The state also has plenty of Trumpian ground troops. Of the more than 800 people criminally charged for participating in the Jan. 6 insurrection, Floridians take the top spot. In the latest tally,72 people have been arrested and charged in Florida. Texans come in a close second, with 71. Of those arrested in Florida, a few are state or national leaders of hard-right extremist organizations such as the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers.”