The Hottest Florida Political Tea

Florida governor Ron DeSantis.
Florida governor Ron DeSantis. Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Tara Palmeri
April 3, 2023

Few people understand Florida’s bizarre swamp politics better than Peter Schorsch, the affable former political consultant, who, after a few brushes (and near misses) with the law, is now the publisher of FloridaPolitics.com, a powerhouse local media company that remains uniquely attentive to the state’s political machinery and micro-and-macro dramas. Schorsch, who broke the news that the F.B.I. was raiding Mar-a-Lago from his home in St. Petersburg, insists he’s not a journalist, himself, but people in high places hang on his every tweet. Schorsch has been an acute observer of developments in Tallahassee, and does not hold back on DeSantis’s strengths and weaknesses.