DeSantis’ Democratic opponent compares the Florida governor to HITLER ‘in many ways.’ Gov. Rick Scott is one of Florida’s most powerful politicians. Democratic opponents compared Ron DeSantis to Adolf Hitler “in a lot of ways.” On Friday, WJCT reporter Melissa Ross for NPR’s The Florida Roundup Podcast asked Florida Agricultural Commissioner Nikki Fried about previously calling DeSantis an “authoritarian dictator.” Fried is trying to unseat DeSantis in this year’s gubernatorial race. ‘He’s doing everything he can to take power away from local governments, to take away people’s ability to protest, to make voting more difficult, to talk about banning books,’...