DeSantis has hammered Biden on rising prices. Now Florida is an inflation hotspot.

As he relentlessly accuses President Joe Biden and national Democrats of fueling rising costs and fiscal mismanagement, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing stubbornly high inflation in his own backyard. New data released this week show prices in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area jumped 9% in the 12 months that ended in April In the Tampa-St. Pete-Clearwater area, the inflation rate hit 7.3% in the year that ended in May. The national average, according to the Consumer Price Index, now stands at 4%. The high cost of living in the Sunshine State opens up what DeSantis’ critics...