Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Saturday mentioned that California Gov. Gavin Newsom, with whom he engaged in a feisty debate on “Hannity” this week, is “obviously preparing” to run for president — regardless of denials from his Democrat rival.
DeSantis was in Sioux Metropolis, Iowa and took goal at what he mentioned had been the “failed” insurance policies within the liberal California state, as he had achieved on the televised debate between him and Newsom on Thursday evening.
“It’s the policies. It’s the policies that are driving people out. This is ultimately the choice for the country: Are we going to embrace freedom like Florida has or are we going to embrace failure? The same policies that have failed in Illinois and California and New York aren’t all of a sudden going to work well nationally,” he mentioned.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (Fox Information Digital)
“What they’ve done in California is the petri dish for what I think the Democrats would want to do nationally,” he mentioned, earlier than speculating as to which potential president that may be underneath.
“Perhaps that is a [President] Biden second time period. Perhaps that is [Vice-President] Harris, Perhaps it is Newsom,” he mentioned. “He’s obviously preparing to potentially go in. I think America saw, though, that what he’s selling is not something that is very appetizing.”
Newsom has been the topic of great hypothesis a couple of potential presidential run, however has repeatedly denied that he’s gearing up for a White Home run. DeSantis, in the meantime, is working for the Republican nomination in 2024, though polls present him considerably behind former President Donald Trump.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (Fox Information Digital)
Newsom took a jab at DeSantis over his standing within the polls within the debate on Thursday evening.
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“There are profound differences tonight, and I look forward to engaging them. But there’s one thing…that we have in common, is neither of us will be the nominee for our party in 2024,” he mentioned.
DeSantis later accused Newsom of eager to run for president: “You just won’t admit it,” he mentioned.
