{"id":1546039,"date":"2022-07-09T17:19:13","date_gmt":"2022-07-09T21:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1546039"},"modified":"2022-07-09T17:19:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T21:19:15","slug":"desantis-hits-back-at-newsom-after-campaign-ad-attack-people-vote-with-their-feet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-hits-back-at-newsom-after-campaign-ad-attack-people-vote-with-their-feet\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis Hits Back at Newsom After Campaign Ad Attack: \u2018People Vote With Their Feet\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-hits-back-at-newsom-after-campaign-ad-attack-people-vote-with-their-feet%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1546039&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-florida\">Florida<\/a> Gov. Ron <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-desantis\">DeSantis<\/a> has fired back at his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-california\">California<\/a> counterpart <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-gavin-newsom\">Gavin Newsom<\/a>, saying the Democrat\u2019s \u201cterrible governance\u201d was why the Golden State was \u201c\u200b\u200bhemorrhaging population.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople vote with their feet,\u201d he said at a press briefing at the Cape Coral High School on July 8. \u201cWhen families are uprooting from the Pacific coast to go almost 3,000 miles in search of a better life, that\u2019s telling you something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, we\u2019ve created a citadel of freedom here that has attracted people, and we\u2019re proud of it. But let\u2019s just be clear. California is driving people away with their terrible governance,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis made the remarks in response to a 30-second ad campaign that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-newsom\">newsom<\/a> launched on July 4, rallying Sunshine State residents to move to California, a state he said still \u201cbelieve[s] in freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFreedom is under attack in your state,\u201d Newsom said in the 30-second ad that aired on Fox News targeting the state\u2019s legislative acts, such as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/abortion-bans-in-mississippi-florida-allowed-to-take-effect-amid-efforts-to-block-them_4579539.html\">15-week abortion ban<\/a> and a bill <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/desantis-signs-florida-parental-rights-in-education-bill_4367640.html\">barring classroom instruction<\/a> on sexual orientation in kindergarten through grade 3.<\/p>\n<p>Both Newsom and DeSantis face gubernatorial reelections this November. The ad has fueled speculation that Newsom is positioning himself as a contender in the 2024 presidential race, although the governor himself has disavowed such intentions. DeSantis, while enjoying growing support among Republican voters, hasn\u2019t said if he will run.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone wants to talk about me and Florida,\u201d DeSantis said at the Friday press briefing when asked about Newsom\u2019s Florida ad. \u201cI\u2019m just sitting here, little old me, doing my job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He took a swipe at the California governor\u2019s apparent violation of his own pandemic restrictions, noting that Newsom had dined at the $350-per-person <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/top-officials-at-california-medical-association-attended-crowded-dinner-with-governor_3585608.html\">French Laundry<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/top-officials-at-california-medical-association-attended-crowded-dinner-with-governor_3585608.html\">restaurant<\/a> even when the state was in lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>It was \u201cto basically rub his citizens\u2019 noses in the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has fired back at his California counterpart Gavin Newsom, saying the Democrat\u2019s \u201cterrible governance\u201d was why the Golden State was \u201c\u200b\u200bhemorrhaging population.\u201d \u201cPeople vote with their feet,\u201d he said at a press briefing at the Cape Coral High School on July 8. \u201cWhen families are uprooting from the Pacific coast to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":361,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1546039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1546039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/361"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1546039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1546039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1546039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1546039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1546039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}