Neither is a likely presidential contender a year from now, so both need to cement roles as party leaders.
So Newsom must have realized early on that if he ever wants to be president, he must establish himself as a major national Democratic figure independent of the office he now holds. That’s the context of his putative upcoming debate with Florida’s Republican Gov.
These demands may be mistakes by DeSantis, who has sometimes been prone to error when under significant pressure. The disputes are mere nitpicking, though — if DeSantis does not try to use them to somehow back out of the debate he agreed to right after Newsom issued his challenge on July 28. DeSantis will brag that Florida suffered few financial ill effects from the viral invader, while Newsom will claim Florida saw about 40,000 more COVID deaths than if it had followed his model. If those are their claims, both will be correct. The question will be how many viewers believe the extra Florida deaths were worth the money saved.
Republicans like to say Democrats limit freedom of speech via the so-called “cancel culture,” which they say deprives audiences of viewpoints unlike what is considered politically correct. Democrats retort that Democratic states neither impose bans on teaching certain topics in public schools nor ban books, while Florida and some other Republican-led states are doing both.
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