California Governor Gavin Newsom went on the attack at his primetime Fox News debate against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, slamming the Sunshine State for purportedly having “the equivalent of ten 9/11’s” due to its management of the Covid pandemic response.
The crux of the debate, for those who fortunately missed out on the Covid pandemic, was that Governor Ron DeSantis purportedly put the state’s population at risk by shunning Covid vaccine mandates, mask mandates, and lockdowns before many of the other state governors in the United States.
Newsom, famously, continued to declare emergency powers throughout the pandemic and presided over a number of controversial policies, even allowing localities like San Francisco to pass constitutionally dubious policies like Covid vaccine passports.
On Thursday, Newsom unloaded on DeSantis with a doozy of an accusation.
“Let’s talk about Covid. Let’s talk about your record on Covid,” Newsom said heatedly.
“You passed an emergency declaration before the State of California did. You closed down your beaches, your bars, your restaurants…”
“False,” DeSantis interjected.
“It’s a fact,” Newsom insisted. “You had quarantines…”
“False,” DeSantis again rebutted.
“You had checkpoints all over the State of Florida. By the way, I didn’t say that Donald Trump