(Damon Winter | The New York Times) An attendee wears a pin supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 25, 2022. "While I'm quite willing to believe, for example, that Ron DeSantis would be Florida's Orban if he could, state governors don't have as much repressive power as rulers of sovereign nations," writes New York Times columnist Paul Krugman.