In a recent interview with Fox 11 anchor Elex Michaelson, California Gov. Gavin Newsom grimaced when Michaelson asked him if he had ever met Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — a fellow star on the national political scene, and someone Newsom has repeatedly traded jabs with from afar.
When Michaelson asked Newsom what he would say to DeSantis should the two ever meet face-to-face, Newsom replied with a tone of indignation he often uses when discussing Republican politicians such as DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
“Stop being a bully,” Newsom said he would tell DeSantis. “Stop belittling people that look differently, act differently, love differently. Who the hell are you? Stop! Stop threatening people. Stop being so coercive.”
Newsom’s comments to Michaelson seem related to several Florida laws Newsom has frequently criticized DeSantis for. The most common target of Newsom’s ire is the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which prohibits classroom instruction about sexual orientation or gender identity in kindergarten through third grade in the Florida’s public schools.
Newsom’s interview with Michaelson came just 10 days after his re-election campaign began running 30-second cable ads on Fox News in Florida. In those ads, Newsom takes aim at DeSantis for several policies he’s championed — including the “Don’t Say Gay” bill — and encourages Florida residents who are dissatisfied with the state’s direction to move to California, where, according to Newsom, “we still believe in freedom.”
A spokesperson for DeSantis did not respond to a request for comment on Newsom’s interview with Michaelson.
Apart from DeSantis, Newsom also brought up his other favorite Republican target — Abbott — during Thursday’s interview. He criticized the Texas governor for his recently announced decision to — at least try — to eliminate access to free public school for undocumented immigrants in his state. Newsom likened it to California’s now-infamous Proposition 187, a ballot initiative state voters passed in 1994 which, before being struck down by a federal district court, prohibited undocumented immigrants from using non-emergency health care, public education and other state services.
“Look what Abbott is doing. Abbott is talking about eliminating a fundamental right for people, regardless of their immigration status, to get an education,” Newsom said. “This is a real moment for diverse communities, and it’s not just [DeSantis] (Newsom referred to him as ‘DeSantos’ here, which he’s done before) it’s Abbott, it’s Kentucky, it’s South Dakota, you go down the list [and] with these red states there’s a ruthlessness.”
The above comes from a July 16 story in SFGate.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has always been an irresponsible, immoral, lawless, rebellious hedonist. All freedoms are limited. Freedom in our democracy carries with it, a big moral responsibility to God, family, community, and country. And lots of self-sacrifice and hard work! We are very blessed to have some good, responsible, morally excellent Republican governors– also devout, faithful Catholics!– like Gov. DeSantis and Gov. Abbott. Hope we can be blessed with a new Governor soon, just like Govs. DeSantis and Abbott, for California!
Totalitarians like Newsom and all the other Democrats don’t realize they are the true bullies.
Very few things would give me as much satisfaction as having DeSantis defeat Newsom in the 2024 presidential election.
If the American people would wise up, which more and more blacks and Latinos (at least among those who don’t live in the hood and aspire to attain the American middle class dream) are starting to do according to national polls, which show Democrat support among racial minorities in steep decline, a tin can on the Republican ticket would beat any Democrat because it’s obvious that Democrats ruin societies with their inept governance based on wishful thinking instead of reality.
“I love gays and their Monkeypox. I love men pretending to be women to win all of the women’s swimming and track events. I love transgenders impregnating women while in jail. I love abortion. I love ruining people’s lives through government coercion if they don’t agree with me. I hate Christians.” — Newsom
Wow! I think Gov. Newsom is guilty of psychological projection.
Three Catholic governors. Why is it that the one who went to a “Catholic”/Jesuit university is stridently pro-abortion, but the other two, who didn’t attend “Catholic” schools, are pro-life?
That is a rhetorical question. Most Catholic schools sold their souls long ago.
Pray for the conversion of our governor.
This guy is just doing what Gayanon tells him to do.
I’ll say this for Abbott: busing illegal aliens to DC has been a brilliant masterstroke. The woke mayor who declared DC a sanctuary city under Trump is now whining about the illegals being brought to her city and she wants Applesauce Brains to stop it.
Wah. Build the wall. Keep the illegals out. Otherwise, every Republican border state governor should bus every illegal he can to Democrat elite cities. Let them deal with the social costs and degradation of social life that results from their policies and their deliberate inaction on illegal immigration.
Any-twosome, gruesome Newsom does seem a likely 2024 presidential candidate to succeed our current Catholic sin-promoting brother in the White House.
Seriously, anyone think Harris, Bernie, Hillary or Buttigieg have a chance at getting the Dim nomination?