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ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed the GOP Legislature’s congressional maps Tuesday, making good his threats to reject the plan because it does not eliminate a Black district in North Florida. DeSantis, a Republican, called for a special session to work out the issue, which legislative leaders have already penciled in for April 19 to 22. “I don’t see how they come to a deal without someone caving in a spectacular fashion,” elections expert Matt Isbell wrote on Twitter. District 5, represented by Democratic U.S. Rep. Al Lawson, was created as a Black access district under the federal Voti…