In Anaheim, DeSantis Steps Up Criticism of Newsom’s California, Tweaks Trump

DeSantis followed Trump a few hours later at California’s GOP convention. He mostly took on California’s governor, Newsom.

Florida governor and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis speaks at the 2023 CA GOP conference in Anaheim, Calif., on Sept. 29, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Speaking at the California GOP’s convention in Anaheim, just a stone’s throw from the Magic Kingdom, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis could be forgiven for cracking a few Disney jokes.

“I’m a little close to Disneyland. I don’t know if they'd let me come to that,” he said, drawing laughter.