DeSantis' father is from Pennsylvania. His parents met while attending Youngstown State University in Ohio. The governor was born and raised in Florida.
DeSantis critics are now seizing on the passage to mock the governor.
"I was geographically raised in Orlando with a cultural perspective that allows me to easily detect BS when I see it," tweeted state Rep. Anna Eskamani, an Orlando Democrat. "I was geographically raised in Plurality-of-the-Caucuses, Iowa but culturally my upbringing reflected the working-class communities in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada," tweeted Democratic operative Max Steele, referencing other important early states on the primary election calendar.
Rick Wilson, a former Republican consultant turned staunch Trump critics, tweeted:"I was geographically raised in Tampa Bay, but culturally my upbringing reflected the royal court at Versailles, with outstanding wigs, elegant discourse, and utter disregard for the seething class oppression necessary to sustain it."
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