Newsom, DeSantis lob insults and talk some policy in a faceoff between two White House aspirants
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In an alternate reality, the prime-time showdown between California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday could have been a preview of a 2024 general election debate.
Instead, the 90-minute meeting was a hard-to-explain event that pitted one struggling Republican presidential hopeful against a Democratic rival who may or may not seek the presidency in four years.
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Republican presidential candidate and
Florida Governor Ronda santz squared off
with California governor Gavin Nome on
the debate stage last night it was built
as a red state blue State Showdown ABC's
Chief Washington correspondent John Carl
has the highlights to the right at the
start of the debate California governor
Gavin Nome who isn't running for
president taunted Florida Governor Ronda
santis who is running but trailing badly
with a reminder that neither of them
would likely be on the ballot next fall
there's one thing in closing that we
have in common is neither of us will be
the nominee for our party in
2024 the debate was however something of
a foreshadowing of the case Republicans
will bring against President Biden
people used to be able to work hard and
get ahead that is not true under Joe
Biden and the kind of Defense Democrats
can offer of what Nome called Biden
nomics 3.9% unemployment the lowest
black unemployment in American history
the lowest unemployment for Hispanics in
American history the lowest unemployment
for women in 70 years the lowest black
poverty rates in history for disantis it
was a chance to try to inject some
energy into a campaign that badly needs
it as Nome gleefully pointed out you're
trolling folks and trying to find
migrants to play political games try to
get some news and ttention so you can
out Trump trump and by the way how's
that going for you Ron you're down 41
points in your own home state less than
a year ago DeSantis was leading Donald
Trump in polls of Republican voters but
he has been losing ground for months now
trailing Nikki Haley no one will outwork
me in this race and this has been a big
week for Haley she won the endorsement
of perhaps the most well-funded
conservative Grassroots organization in
the US Americans for
Prosperity