Bowing to Voters, Candidates Concede With Help From a Higher Power

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Charlie Crist, the Democratic candidate for Florida governor, and fiancee Chelsea Grimes wait to be introduced to supporters during a get-out-the-vote rally Nov. 7, 2022, in Wilton Manors, Florida. (AP Photo/Michael Laughlin)

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“I’ll tell you what else won tonight: Real freedom won today,” Shapiro said. “The kind of real freedom that sees possibility in all God’s children, which forces us, then, to step up for those kids and invest in their public school to give them a shot. The kind of real freedom that allows us to invest in a safer community so that all God’s children make it till their 18th birthday.”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, after dispatching Crist, not only talked in biblical terms, but seemed to cast Florida as ancient Israel, and himself as Moses.

“The woke agenda has caused millions of Americans to leave these jurisdictions for greater pastures — greener pastures,” DeSantis said. “This great Exodus of Americans, for these folks, Florida has served as the Promised Land.”

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Jack Jenkins and Paul O'Donnell are journalists with Religion News Service.

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