Saying Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is on a “banning binge, a cultural purge” going after LGBTQ, women’s rights and reproductive medical care to take the US back to a “pre-1960s” time, California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom landed the fatal punch in his final statement during the dog-and-pony show Fox “News” hoped would bring Ron DeSantis into prominence to justify dumping Trump: “But there’s one thing in closing that we have in common, is neither of us will be the nominee for our party in 2024.”
DeSantis did nothing to improve his chances. He was smoked by Newsom on most topics, but also comically noted that more people moved from California to Florida than the other way. And that’s true, but largely due to California being double the population of Florida. In fact, a higher percentage of the population of Florida left to move to California than the percentage who moved the other way, according to the US Census.