I’d like to see the wife intervention story looked into by the media.
NBC News:
What the audience didn’t see — and what at least five sources shared with NBC News — is that off-screen, there were significant disagreements happening. The DeSantis and Newsom teams were both arguing that the other side was breaking the rules that were agreed upon in advance....
Newsom’s wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, came into the debate room on at least two occasions to raise some objections.
She also made her way to the stage during the break after the candidates agreed to extend the debate and put an end to it.
A fifth source on the ground, unaffiliated with either campaign, confirmed that Siebel Newsom ended the debate on her husband’s behalf, saying, “We’re done.”
“Gavin Newsom got beat so badly last night his wife literally had to throw in the towel for him. It was embarrassing,” DeSantis spokesman Andrew Romeo said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/gavin-newsom-fox-debate-rcna127563
When the cameras were off, Jennifer Siebel Newsom intervened on her husband’s behalf. According to four sources in the DeSantis camp (one who physically witnessed the moment unfold and three others who were standing backstage), Newsom’s wife barged into the debate room on at least two occasions to raise some objections.
She has a clear path to the First Lady's throne and doesn't want her husband messing it up. Very Hillary-esque.