Donald Trump is in his second and final term, and the question of who will carry the Republican party forward looms. One thing is certain: the post-Trump GOP is being built in Florida, and state Republicans are writing a national conservative playbook that will outlast him.

It’s been a decade since he took his infamous ride down the golden escalator to announce his candidacy for president in 2016. What initially looked like a political stunt became a turning point for the Republican Party.

Florida the launchpad

Since that time, the party has undergone a transformation that few predicted. The GOP is no longer steeped in Reagan-era conservatism.

Trump is the Republican Party and his influence has shaped the GOP for the foreseeable future. But what he began has evolved — and nowhere is th

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