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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, called his state the place "where the awakening goes to die," to which Murphy, in his state of the state address, responded, "Not even I'm sure I know what that means. It's not just the nation's highest-profile CEOs who are in on the uproar. It may be news to most, but Jim Justice, the Republican governor of West Virginia, is aware of his "jealousy" for his state, "because now all of a sudden we're the diamond in the rough that they didn't see." “We are in a never-before-seen era of…

Asked for comment, Schlapp's attorney, Charlie Spies, called the allegation "false" and said that "the Schlapp family is suffering unbearable pain and stress" as a result. Schlapp also tweeted Spies' statement. “No family should have to go through this, and the Schlapps and their legal team are evaluating options for a countersuit,” said Spies, who represents the couple. The lawsuit follows claims earlier this month from a former Walker campaigner who said Schlapp sexually assaulted him in Georgia in October while Schlapp was visiting the state to support the Republican Senate candidate. The male staff member said that Schlapp, without…

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