{"id":1990345,"date":"2023-08-03T21:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T01:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-silent-after-desantis-accepts-debate-challenge\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T21:29:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T01:29:59","slug":"newsom-silent-after-desantis-accepts-debate-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-silent-after-desantis-accepts-debate-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom mum on DeSantis debate invite."},"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\">12<\/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-silent-after-desantis-accepts-debate-challenge%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=1990345&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--><h2>California Governor Gavin Newsom Silent After Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Accepts Debate Challenge<\/h2>\n<p>California Democrat Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/gavin-newsom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gavin Newsom<\/a> stayed radio \u200csilent on Thursday after Florida \u2064Governor Ron DeSantis accepted his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-response-to-putin-debate-challenge-shows-weakness-white-house-continues-to-deflect-amid-ramped-up-rhetoric-from-china-nk-and-russia\/\" title=\"Biden response to Putin debate challenge shows weakness, White House continues to deflect amid ramped up rhetoric from China, NK and Russia\">debate challenge<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom, seemingly \u200clooking to\u200c boost \u2063his national \u200bprofile\u200d ahead of potentially jumping into the 2024 presidential race, challenged DeSantis in June to a debate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m all in. Count on it,\u201d Newsom \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-torches-newsom-over-debate-challenges-stop-pussyfooting-around-and-get-in-presidential-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> \u2063 Fox News host Sean Hannity,\u2062 saying that he would agree to a\u2064 three-hour debate with only\u2063 \u201cone day\u2019s notice with no notes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During an appearance on \u200cthe network Wednesday night, DeSantis responded to the challenge: \u201cAbsolutely, I\u2019m game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s get it done. Just tell me when and where \u200bwe\u2019ll do \u2062it,\u201d DeSantis said\u2063 as the audience cheered. \u201cIn one respect, the debate between California and \u2063Florida has \u2064already been had, as you suggest, people have been \u2062voting \u200don that, they\u2019ve \u200dbeen voting on it\u200d with their feet, they have fled California in record numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet nearly 24 hours since accepting the\u2062 challenge, Newsom has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-fans-the-flames-labels-trump-supporters-domestic-terrorists-video\/\" title=\"Biden Fans the Flames, Labels Trump Supporters \u201cDomestic Terrorists\u201d (VIDEO)\">remained silent<\/a>. The Daily Wire reached out to his team and did \u2063not\u2063 receive a response in time for publication.\u2064 A source\u200c familiar with the matter indicated that Newsom had not reached out to DeSantis\u2019 team \u2063either.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The \u2062debate between California and Florida is already over. People have been voting \u2063with their feet for years.<\/p>\n<p>But the debate about the future of our country is one we need to have.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m game to talk about my plans to reverse the decline in this country anytime, anywhere, because\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BbUKix8s5E\">pic.twitter.com\/BbUKix8s5E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonDeSantis\/status\/1686916546826768384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3,\u200b 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis highlighted the contrast between the two states during \u200dthe\u2062 interview, including Florida having the \u2064top economy in the country, being ranked number one in\u200c education, having a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-silent-after-desantis-accepts-debate-challenge\/\" title=\"Newsom mum on DeSantis debate invite.\">50-year-low crime rate<\/a>, \u200dand being \u2063ranked number \u2064one \u2064for net in-migration.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut\u2062 in another sense, this is the debate for the \u2063future of our country because you have people like Joe Biden, they would love to \u200csee the Californication \u2062of the United States,\u201d he continued. \u201cBiden may not even be the nominee. You could have Gavin Newsom, you could have Kamala \u200cHarris. And I\u2062 think if we go down that direction, that\u2019s going to accelerate \u2063American decline. We can\u2019t see America decline anymore. We need to\u2063 reverse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newsom sent a proposal for the debate to Fox News last week that included the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This debate will include Governor Gavin Newsom \u2062and Governor Ron DeSantis. There will be no \u2064other speakers in the debate.<\/li>\n<li>The moderator will be Sean Hannity. There will be no \u2064other moderators \u200dfor \u2062this debate.<\/li>\n<li>This will be a 90 minute debate in studio, aired by\u2064 Fox News.<\/li>\n<li>The debate\u200b will be aired live.<\/li>\n<li>Participants (Governors) will not use any notes or bring \u200dany \u2064prepared documents on stage. There will be a pen \u200dand a pad of paper\u2062 for each\u2064 Governor to use during the program.<\/li>\n<li>Staff\u2062 will not brief \u200bparticipants\u2063 once the program has\u2062 begun.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The proposal listed three \u200bswing states as possible locations: Georgia, \u200dNevada, and North Carolina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Governor Gavin Newsom remained silent on Thursday after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis accepted his debate challenge. Newsom, possibly aiming to enhance his national image before a potential 2024 presidential run, had challenged DeSantis in June. 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