That’s my governor right there.
If you weren’t able or willing to stomach watching Faux News to see Gavin Newsom give both Hannity and DeSantis a spanking. You missed something.
But Twitter noticed.
Oh, brother, did they.
Newsom talks about Bidenomics and 14 Million jobs created, 3.9% Unemployment, the lowest Unemployment for Blacks, Hispanics and Women in history and the lowest rate of poverty in history.
Newsom stands to bring the true Biden/Harris record to the people, pointing out the DeSantis wants to create a “pre-1960s America” and “Light Democracy on Fire.”
He points out that originally DeSantis “Followed facts and followed Science” by shutting down for Covid and promoting masks, but then switched against the good policy leading to “Tens of thousands of deaths.”
Newsom pointed out that cities in Florida have a 66% higher murder rate than cities like San Francisco.
Newsom states that Florida has the worst mental health system short of Mississippi and Texas.
Newsom points out the rather than respond to the 17 kids who were killed at Parkland, DeSantis has made it easier for felons to get guns without background checks or any training.
Whether these messages will get through to the siloed sychophants over a Fox remain to be seen. I watched the end of the debate and the follow-on program with the regular Fox crowd and all four of their pundits — while giving credit to Newsom — gave their thumbs up and the “Victory” on the evening to DeSantis who just spouted the same tired dishonest rhetoric that every one of Fox hears day in and day out.
It’s no surprise they think DeSantis won, but the reaction by progressives watching a real Democrat repeatedly Face Plant DeSantis with actual Facts isn’t important because it might turn the head of an Ultra Maga.
Honestly, it probably won’t.
For example, Lindsay Graham just stated this week that “there ain’t enough money in the world to get a loyal Trump person to change.”
Nice way to say you’re in a cult without using the “C” word. And frankly, he may be exactly right. Those people are far beyond our reach.
But Newsom has totally energized progressives by standing up to DeSantis and pantsing him in his own front yard.
And he’s given us tons of sound bites were can pepper our MAGA relatives with, so thanks for that Gavin.
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Here’s a video of the full 90 minutes.