{"id":1645557,"date":"2022-09-17T09:50:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T13:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1645557"},"modified":"2022-09-17T09:53:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T13:53:33","slug":"newsom-demands-desantis-debate-him-gets-mocked-by-his-own-ex-staffer-youre-losing-the-argument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-demands-desantis-debate-him-gets-mocked-by-his-own-ex-staffer-youre-losing-the-argument\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom Demands DeSantis Debate Him, Gets Mocked By His Own Ex-Staffer: You\u2019re \u2018Losing The Argument\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\">30<\/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%2Fnewsom-demands-desantis-debate-him-gets-mocked-by-his-own-ex-staffer-youre-losing-the-argument%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=1645557&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>California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) moved from calling for a criminal investigation into Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) after DeSantis sent 50 illegal immigrants to Martha\u2019s Vineyard this week to demanding that DeSantis debate him.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom, who has repeatedly sought to elevate himself on the national political stage by attacking DeSantis, wrote a letter to U.S. attorney general Merrick Garland this week in which he made the dubious claim that DeSantis \u2014 who is a lawyer \u2014 potentially engaged in \u201ckidnapping\u201d by having the illegal immigrants transported out of Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom claimed without evidence that the migrants were sent with \u201cthe intent\u201d to be \u201chumiliate[d] and dehumanize[d].\u201d In fact, MSNBC <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealSaavedra\/status\/1570885737540907008\">reported<\/a> Friday afternoon that the illegal immigrants were \u201cnot angry with Ron DeSantis\u201d and that they are \u201cactually thanking him for having brought them to Martha\u2019s Vineyard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis responded to the remarks during a press event Friday afternoon, saying that the over-the-top amount of hair gel that Newsom uses was \u201cinterfering with his brain function.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, the governor of California sent a letter to the Department of Justice saying, \u2018You need to prosecute Texas and Florida governors,\u2019\u201d DeSantis said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd all I can say is, I think his hair gel is interfering with his brain function,\u201d DeSantis said as the audience and officials on stage with him erupted into laughter and cheers.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom bizarrely went and found a tweet from a month ago from <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/article\/2015\/12\/29\/dan-rather-cbs-news-firing\/\">disgraced<\/a> journalist Dan Rather in which Rather suggested that CNN\u2019s new CEO Chris Licht host a debate between Newsom and DeSantis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey @GovRonDeSantis, clearly you\u2019re struggling, distracted, and busy playing politics with people\u2019s lives,\u201d Newsom claimed. \u201cSince you have only one overriding need \u2014 attention \u2014 let\u2019s take this up &#038; debate. I\u2019ll bring my hair gel. You bring your hairspray. Name the time before Election Day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovRonDeSantis<\/a>, clearly you&#8217;re struggling, distracted, and busy playing politics with people\u2019s lives. Since you have only one overriding need \u2014 attention \u2013let&#8217;s take this up &#038; debate. I\u2019ll bring my hair gel. You bring your hairspray. Name the time before Election Day. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CNN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vTJHQxfArW\">https:\/\/t.co\/vTJHQxfArW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GavinNewsom\/status\/1570902190964998145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Newsom was widely mocked over his bid for attention, including by a former staffer, Bob Brigham, who is now a senior editor at Raw Story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the fundamental rules of politics is that the only person who demands debates is the person losing the argument,\u201d Brigham <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/Q7WMq\">wrote<\/a>. \u201c(disclosure, ex-Newsom staffer).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News Editor-at-Large Joel Pollak tweeted: \u201cThis is a weak response. Newsom started the fight with threats of arrest, and tries to end it with hair products.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh FFS. This is all so pathetic. It\u2019s why politicians are in total disrepute,\u201d Fox News host Steve Hilton tweeted. \u201cCan\u2019t these people focus on solving problems in a practical way instead of all this nonsense?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Political commentator Hans Mahncke tweeted: \u201cNewsom wants to elevate DeSantis to elevate himself. That\u2019s the main thing here. But he\u2019s probably also figured that his own chances with Democrat primary voters will rise considerably if DeSantis is the GOP nominee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalifornia governor paying for re-election billboards in other states accuses Florida governor of being desperate for attention,\u201d political analyst Rob Pyers tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook at me! Look at me!\u201d retired baseball player Dennis Sarfate tweeted. \u201cThis screams nobody is paying attention to me so I need to get back in the spot light.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PG0OO6Okvn\">pic.twitter.com\/PG0OO6Okvn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RubinReport\/status\/1570905187266756608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2022<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) moved from calling for a criminal investigation into Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) after DeSantis sent 50 illegal immigrants to Martha\u2019s Vineyard this week to demanding that DeSantis debate him. Newsom, who has repeatedly sought to elevate himself on the national political stage by attacking DeSantis, wrote a letter to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1645559,"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-1645557","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\/1645557","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1645557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1645559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1645557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1645557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1645557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}