Posted on 12/01/2023 12:31:46 PM PST by Red Badger
(Daily Caller)—Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s wife stepped in to end a Thursday debate with Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, according to multiple reports.
Newsom and DeSantis participated in “The Great Red State vs. Blue State” debate in Alpharetta, Georgia, hosted by Fox News’ Sean Hannity, where two governors later agreed to extend the debate past its original 90 minute duration. Hannity ended the debate following a commercial break directly after the agreement was made in real time, during which Jennifer Siebel Newsom interjected on behalf of her husband, both Politico and NBC News reported, citing DeSantis aides as well as unaffiliated sources.
The DeSantis campaign confirmed the events to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“Gavin Newsom got beat so badly last night his wife literally had to throw in the towel for him,” Andrew Romeo, communications director for the DeSantis campaign, told the DCNF. “It was embarrassing.”
However, Newsom aides have since denied that his wife was the reason for the debate ending, arguing that staffers from both governors mutually agreed to the decision, both Politico and NBC News reported.
The two governors sparred over their respective states’ policies, largely over the issues of crime, the economy and numerous social issues.
Newsom dismissed data that Hannity cited over his state’s violent crime rate being higher than both the national average and Florida’s, where he instead claimed that “we’re near 50 year lows, down 55% violent crimes in the state of California from the 1990s.”
“So this is the slick politician — you put up the rates. He has 500 per 100,000. Florida is 250. So that’s almost twice as much, and he’s trying to spin that to say California’s doing good? People are leaving California in droves, largely because public safety has collapsed,” DeSantis pushed back.
The Florida governor presented a map of human feces that he said represented the city of San Francisco, of which Newsom previously served as mayor of.
DeSantis also pressed Newsom on his presidential aspirations for 2024 earlier in the debate, asking, “Why don’t you just admit that you’re running?”
This is an evil man
Newsom was getting trounced. His wife could probably see that he was on the ropes and decided to stop the beating.
I’m a Trumpist, and I agree he got trounced.
+1
>>”DeSantis also pressed Newsom on his presidential aspirations for 2024 earlier in the debate, asking, “Why don’t you just admit that you’re running?”
You really went there, Ronny? That’s the exact question so many of us were asking you earlier this year. It’s the same question Charlie Crist asked you at the Governor’s debate.
Try reading all of what I said and in the context of how I said it.
No, you weren’t, and they aren’t. I was trying to explain that to the person who attacked you what you were saying but he chose to only highlight a portion of what I said out of context to change the meaning and respond to a point I wasn’t making.
Trump would have been well-served to praise DeSantis as having done a good job of showing how conservative Republican leaders, ideas, and policies have benefitted Florida while Newsome and progressive Democrats have wrecked California. Why take that approach? Even a pitcher with a blazing fast ball like Trump benefits from throwing a change up every now and then.
Hannity protects Newsom.
Newsom lets his wife make decisions for him.
But he is pretty.
Yes. Pretty.
He is NOT Handsome.
He’s a pretty boy, girly man.
The plan was to slip Gavin (hairgel) Newsom in around August of next year when Biden is forced out by “illness” so no one else could challenge the democrat party pick.
Ron DeSantis destroyed Newsom in Thursday debate so Newsom is out.
She had sex with Harvey Weinstein and Newsom.... yuck! and yuck!
That’s what I came here for.
iknow they are not married- she’s a Trump mistress now.
Never was aware of this before but Miley Cyrus with those teeth looks like a young Hillary
Yeah I thought that was ironic as he never answered that question by Crist back then, and the smirk on Ron’s face said it all that he indeed did have at that time to run for president but kept quiet about it
The Daily Signal provided “6 Takeaways From Newsom-DeSantis Debate:”
Sounds like DeSantis did very well. Kudos! We need articulate fighters. More importantly, we need effective governors. While DeSantis is great, it’s Trump 2024 for me.
Trump was a great President. DeSantis was a great Governor. Enough of the infighting already.
Did she smack him upside his head with a rolling pin, or muss his hair up, or both?
ewwwwww
is that who it is... smiley virius???
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