{"id":2050652,"date":"2023-09-30T10:22:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T14:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-anaheim-desantis-steps-up-criticism-of-newsoms-california-and-tweaks-trump\/"},"modified":"2023-09-30T10:25:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T14:25:32","slug":"in-anaheim-desantis-steps-up-criticism-of-newsoms-california-and-tweaks-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-anaheim-desantis-steps-up-criticism-of-newsoms-california-and-tweaks-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis intensifies criticism of Newsom&#8217;s California in Anaheim, while making slight adjustments to Trump."},"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%2Fin-anaheim-desantis-steps-up-criticism-of-newsoms-california-and-tweaks-trump%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=2050652&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Takes \u200dCenter Stage at California\u200d GOP Convention<\/h2>\n<p>Speaking at the California GOP&#8217;s convention in Anaheim, just\u200c a stone&#8217;s \u200dthrow from the Magic Kingdom, \u2064Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis could be forgiven for cracking \u200da few Disney jokes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a little \u200bclose to Disneyland.\u2063 I don&#8217;t know if they&#8217;d let me \u2062come to that,&#8221; he said, drawing laughter.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>The Florida governor sounded more relaxed in Anaheim than he did earlier in the day at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/gov-ron-desantis-takes-aim-at-californias-zero-emission-port-truck-mandate-5501247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Grain Terminal<\/a> in Long Beach; he had to hustle through SoCal sprawl to film a segment\u200d with Bill Maher. Amid a long-range decline in poll numbers and talk \u2064of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-anaheim-desantis-steps-up-criticism-of-newsoms-california-and-tweaks-trump\/\" title=\"DeSantis intensifies criticism of Newsom's California in Anaheim, while making slight adjustments to Trump.\">big donors potentially deserting<\/a> him for former South Carolina Gov.\u200b Nikki Haley, the looser tone was welcome.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<li class=\"grow\">\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/desantis-calls-out-trump-for-social-media-attacks-debate-absence-5500853?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>DeSantis Calls Out\u2063 Trump\u2063 for Social Media Attacks, Debate Absence<\/h3>\n<p>      <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/29\/2023<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"grow\">\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/opinion\/that-second-gop-debate-was-a-disaster-5500287?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>That\u2063 2nd GOP Debate Was a Disaster<\/h3>\n<p>      <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/28\/2023<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>His evening\u2064 remarks also came hours\u2062 and hours \u2062after the convention&#8217;s main event\u2014a speech by former President \u200dDonald J. Trump, so far in front that he could soon \u2063reach escape velocity\u2064 in the 2024 \u2064contest. His speech alone sold 1,500 tickets, according to a convention staffer who\u200b spoke with The Epoch Times. Meanwhile, many Trump supporters gathered outside the hotel where their candidate of choice made his appearance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Former president and presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at\u200d the CA\u200b GOP convention \u2062in Anaheim, Calif., on Sept. 29, 2023. \u200d(John Fredricks\/The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Although Mr. DeSantis has sometimes hesitated to criticize his top competition for the Republicans&#8217; \u20642024 slot, he tweaked \u200da moment in former President Trump&#8217;s speech when he said that he and not Mr. DeSantis had &#8220;turned Florida red.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All I will say is, Ronald Reagan made the point [that] there is no limit to what you \u200dcan do when you don&#8217;t care who gets the credit. I just wish, if he was the one who turned Florida \u2063red,\u2064 that he wouldn&#8217;t have turned Georgia and Arizona blue, because that&#8217;s \u2063not been\u200d good for us,&#8221; the governor said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The \u200bcomments follow \u200cthe governor&#8217;s condemnation of former President Trump for \u2062not attending the second presidential debate \u2062on Sept.\u2062 27,\u2062 which took place at the Ronald\u2062 Reagan Presidential Library.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Donald Trump is missing in action,&#8221; he said on stage \u200cat the debate in Simi Valley.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2>DeSantis Vs.\u200c Newsom Redux<\/h2>\n<p>Turnabout may be fair \u2063play in this case. Just\u200d days ago, both <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nnworcester\/status\/1707193136727183734?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">before<\/a> and after the\u200c Simi Valley showdown, California&#8217;s executive roamed the\u2064 media-choked\u200b &#8220;spin room,&#8221; taking shots at his rival to a variety of journalists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;What\u200d Biden is doing are \u2064things that California was doing many years ago. What California is doing\u2064 now is likely what a second Biden term would do, or, God forbid, Kamala Harris, or, \u2063God forbid, Newsom himself. Who knows, right?&#8221; Mr. DeSantis said, before\u2063 reiterating his\u200c frequent calls to fight what \u2062he characterized as a state of national decline.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Vice President Kamala\u2062 Harris stands on stage with California Gov. Gavin Newsom at the conclusion of an event at the IBEW-NECA Joint Apprenticeship Training Center in San Leandro, Calif., Sept. 8, 2021. (Carolyn Kaster\/AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>At the moment, the\u2064 U.S. military is currently facing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/battle-for-talent-is-intense-us-air-force-set-to-miss-recruiting-goal-by-10-percent-5491092\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recruiting shortage<\/a>. A \u2063recent <a href=\"https:\/\/press.armywarcollege.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=3240&#038;context=parameters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">publication<\/a> from the U.S. Army\u200b War College projects \u2062that a confrontation \u200bbetween \u2062the \u200bUnited States and China\u2064 could result \u2064in 3,600 casualties per day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The 1970s concept of an all-volunteer force has outlived its shelf life\u200d and does not\u2063 align with the current operating \u200benvironment,&#8221; the authors\u200b argued before suggesting a move toward &#8220;partial conscription&#8221; could become necessary.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are some\u2064 of the issues\u200c that Governor Ron DeSantis believes are crucial for\u2063 the nation?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ion,&#8221;\u2062 DeSantis said during an interview \u2063on Fox News. &#8220;I think it&#8217;s important \u200dthat he \u200dbe there and engage in the debate \u200bbecause\u200d there&#8217;s a lot at stake. This is a crucial time for \u200cour country \u2062and \u200bwe need\u200d to\u2062 hear \u2064from our leaders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, despite these minor jabs, DeSantis made it clear\u2062 that he still has a deep admiration and\u2062 respect for Donald Trump. &#8220;I think\u2063 the \u2062president did a lot of great things for our country and for the state of Florida,&#8221; he said. &#8220;He brought \u200ca new energy and enthusiasm to \u200bthe Republican Party and inspired millions of Americans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis \u200calso took the opportunity to highlight his own accomplishments as governor of Florida. He\u200c touted his state&#8217;s strong economy, low taxes, and support for \u200dlaw enforcement. He emphasized the \u200cneed for conservative leadership \u2063to address the issues facing the nation,\u200b such as the\u2063 crisis at the border, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-house-gop-signal-support-for-police-in-midst-of-defunding-calls\/\" title=\"McCarthy, House GOP Signal Support for Police in Midst of Defunding Calls\">rising crime rates<\/a>, and the threat of socialism.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore,\u2063 DeSantis addressed\u200c the \u200ccontroversy surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and his approach to handling the crisis in Florida. He defended his decision to prioritize the economy and individual freedom while still taking necessary precautions to\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-desantis-new-spike-in-cases-wont-make-me-shut-down-my-state\/\" title=\"Gov. DeSantis: new spike in cases won\u2019t make me shut down my state\">protect vulnerable populations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can&#8217;t have a one-size-fits-all approach to this pandemic,&#8221; DeSantis stated. &#8220;Florida has proven that we can balance public health with economic prosperity. We can\u2063 protect the most vulnerable while allowing businesses to stay open and people to live \u200btheir lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-instagram\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/david-axelrod-on-biden-things-look-out-of-control-and-hes-not-in-command\/\" title=\"David Axelrod on Biden: Things Look \"Out of Control, and He's Not in Command\"\">2024 presidential election looms<\/a> in the distance, Ron DeSantis remains a prominent figure within the Republican Party. With his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-feud-with-iowas-governor-tests-his-lead-in-crucial-caucuses\/\" title=\"Trump's clash with Iowa's governor challenges his advantage in vital caucuses.\">strong conservative record<\/a> and bold leadership style, he has\u2064 emerged\u200b as a potential contender for the party&#8217;s nomination.<\/p>\n<p>However, DeSantis still faces challenges and competition from other prominent Republicans, such as former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. The upcoming months will be crucial for DeSantis as he seeks to solidify his position and \u2063gain support from key donors and party\u2063 members.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Governor Ron DeSantis delivered a confident and engaging speech at\u2064 the \u2064California GOP convention. While cracking a few jokes \u2063about Disneyland, he presented himself as a\u2063 strong leader \u200band defender\u200d of conservative values. \u200cWith his rising popularity among Republicans and \u200bhis successful track \u200drecord as governor of Florida, he is\u200c certainly a\u200d politician to watch in the coming years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking at the California GOP&#8217;s convention near Disneyland, Gov. Ron DeSantis made light-hearted Disney remarks. He joked about being too close to Disneyland and unsure if he would be allowed in. 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