Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom Are Officially Debating.

…Why?

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readSep 26, 2023
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Well, it’s happening.

After an agreement to it a while back, Florida Governor and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis and none other than California Governor Gavin Newsom are officially going to debate.

Dominick Mastrangelo with The Hill writes:

“Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) have agreed to participate in a televised debate in November that will be moderated by Fox News host Sean Hannity.

The debate, which will air on Fox during Hannity’s 9 p.m. prime-time program, will take place Nov. 30, the network announced.

The event will run 90 minutes and take place at location that has still yet to be determined but will be in Georgia…”

With a date officially set, it seems we should note why this is even happening.

Gavin Newsom wants to be the Biden alternative, and it’s really just that simple. Newsom and the people in his corner are many things, but unintelligent is not one of them. They know that an other grueling campaign for an 80 year old president is a lot to ask, and of course they’re all too aware of the fact that the American people simply do not want the Trump vs. Biden matchup. They know that…

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Lauren Elizabeth

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