We are fans of Italy’s new, populist Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Now it appears that a similar figure is rising in Spain: Madrid’s President, Isabel Díaz Ayuso:

Fresh from freeing Madrid from lockdown, Isabel Díaz Ayuso is waging a war on woke and seeking to turn Madrid into the “Florida of Europe” in a campaign that could ultimately lead to her becoming Spain’s first female prime minister.

The “Florida of Europe” is another indication of how thoroughly American politics have penetrated Europe. Thus, too, the fact that Diaz Ayuso’s enemies call her Spain’s Trumpista. … In Spain, as in America, a politician who wants to reduce the power and scope of government is bizarrely branded a “fascist.”

[Projection. Sheer projection, just like the Tolerance Brigades employ. Anyway, this is the first I’ve heard about Díaz Ayuso, and she appears to be worth watching. And have you noticed how Meloni dropped off the mainstream media’s hysteria agenda? — Ed]