National Review is honoring Ron and Casey DeSantis with the William F. Buckley Jr. Prize as “conservative leaders who have shaped our nation.”

At the ceremony in Palm Beach at the Breakers, the First Couple addressed many topics , including Hope Florida .

The First Lady’s signature initiative is now the subject of a grand jury investigation due to $10 million donated to the Hope Florida Foundation from a Medicaid settlement to the state that was used for political purposes rather than to provide health care to the economically marginalized.

The First Lady defended the program as a “really magical thing, which I think is a model for the nation, and it’s thriving here in the Sunshine State.” She did not mention the probe.

Gov. DeSantis, who has conceded that mos

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