DeSantis and Newsom fought hard to prove their state’s records, forcing the moderator, Fox News host Sean Hannity, who promised to be unbiased, to step in. During the debate, the Florida governor, who is running in the presidential election in 2024, repeatedly called Newsom a liar and a “slippery politician,” while making a compelling case for using Florida as an example for national policies. DeSantis accused Newsom of running a “shadow campaign” for the presidential election for 2024.
Two heavyweight governors from opposite ends of the country Republican Ron DeSantis and Democrat Gavin Newsom clashed over gender-affirming care, abortion rights and pandemic restrictions in a prime-time debate Thursday, underscoring the stakes for healthcare policy in next year's presidential election.
The governors of Florida and California laid out their antagonistic visions for the future of the United States in an unprecedented television face-off
Abraham Lincoln vs. Stephen Douglas it was not. Thursday night’s debate between two of America’s best-known governors Democrat Gavin Newsom of California