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Elijah Manley

Elijah Manley is the founder and CEO of Youth Victory Fund (@yvfund). He lives in Florida.

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GOVERNOR AWOL

I Lost My House to a Flood While DeSantis Campaigned in NH

The Florida governor was hawking books and wooing presidential campaign donors while citizens of his state had their lives destroyed.

Elijah Manley

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