Newsom Debate Performance Leaves Democrat Field Open
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Last night’s debate between Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis was supposed to be a heavyweight match up between the future of the two political parties.
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It was supposed to be a red state-blue state debate, moderated by Sean Hannity (who did not do a good job at keeping the candidates from cross-talking). It ended up being a knockout by Ron DeSantis. First of all, Gavin Newsom sounded rough. As in, the quality of his voice was rough, like he had eaten a carton of cigarettes or he was getting over a cold. I listened to a chunk of the debate over the radio and Newsom simply didn’t sound good. Second, Newsom failed to produce a “viral moment” in the debate. DeSantis absolutely laid him out flat with the infamous San Francisco “poop map.”
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Remember that Newsom had challenged DeSantis to this debate? His side is now whining that DeSantis “cheated” because he brought “props.”
Before Ron DeSantis could unveil his “poop map,” Gov. Gavin Newsom team’s frustration with Sean Hannity and his crew centered on his promises to them that he would be a fair moderator, only to repeatedly sandbag the governor and give the entire affair a 2-on-1 dynamic — as they saw it.
“The debate was rigged, and Newsom still won,” Newsom adviser Sean Clegg said.
Newsom himself told people as the debate ended that he’d had fun — sharing that feeling on X where he added that he could have kept going for longer.
But the grievances from Newsom’s team inside the venue were just the start of the mass finger-pointing that followed the 95-minute melee late Thursday in the suburbs of Atlanta. Other alleged violations — of rules both written and understood — involve Ron DeSantis, the Republican Florida governor.
A DeSantis aide said California first partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom was the one who stepped in and ended the debate on her husband’s behalf after Hannity invited the two governors to go deeper into overtime. A second person on the ground confirmed that.
“Gavin Newsom got beat so badly last night his wife literally had to throw in the towel for him. It was embarrassing,” DeSantis spokesperson Andrew Romeo said.
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(Entire article is at the link. Zim.)
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