The Red State vs. Blue State debate between Govs. Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom was truly a sight to behold. It was amusing to see how DeSantis was armed with the facts, and Newsom was so impotent that he simply refused to answer question after question, instead choosing to launch into generic talking points, avoiding the substance of the issues being discussed.
Seriously, if I had a dollar for every question Newsom actually answered, I wouldn’t even have enough money to buy a can of soda. Time after time, he was presented with raw data—facts comparing California and Florida—on migration, crime, jobs, COVID, etc., and Newsom’s response each time was to simply deny the facts and make up his own story. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a debate where a person evaded questions as much as Gavin Newsom did Thursday evening. For someone who is routinely hailed as an expert debater and suave politician, he made it clear that he couldn’t defend the indefensible.
There were a lot of great moments for DeSantis, but there was one in particular that stood out as the one where I knew Ron DeSantis had won the debate. It was early on, too. Everything…
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