Continuing the Florida-California war of words — and potentially foreshadowing the 2024 presidential campaign — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has released a new ad attacking Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Newsom’s July 4th weekend ad claimed that “Freedom is under attack” in states run by Republican governors, such as Florida. Continues to demonize several decisions led by conservative DeSantis.
“Your Republican leaders, they’re banning books,” Newsom says in a voiceover over images of DeSantis. Republican governors are “making it harder to vote, restricting speech in classrooms, even criminalizing women and doctors,” Newsom’s ad claims.
The ad is something of a rebuttal to DeSantis’ April rebuttal of San Francisco, in which he claimed the bay city was a “dumpster fire” while expressing concern that his people would move to Florida to escape. DeSantis said if they did, they would likely bring to his state the same voting habits that allegedly ruined California.
Newsom called on Floridians to “join the fight” against DeSantis. He added that disaffected citizens in the Sunshine State are welcome to move to California, “where we still believe in freedom. Freedom of speech, freedom of choice, freedom from hate and freedom to love. Don’t let them take away your freedom.”
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