The DeSantis vs. Newsom Duel

(L) California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) speaks in San Francisco in a file photograph. (Jeff Chiu/AP Photo); (R) Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) speaks in Washington in a file photograph. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Commentary

In recent months, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) have been crisscrossing the country. They are offering dueling narratives regarding the upsides of their own states while lambasting the downsides of their opponent’s states.