California Gov. Newsom Visits Florida to Complain

As per the usual trend, Governor Gavin Newsom of California left his home state to visit some red states. Recently, he visited a college in Florida as part of his fight against “authoritarian leaders.”

Newsom met with students from New College of Florida, a small liberal arts school that Florida’s counterpart, Governor Ron DeSantis, has been using as a staging ground for his war on “woke” higher education.

In January, DeSantis made changes to the college’s board of directors by appointing six conservative allies on the 13-member panel, as the school has been accused of indoctrinating students with leftist ideology.

“He has one thing that is common with everything he’s doing — bullying and intimidating vulnerable communities,” remarked Newsom to around two dozen students and faculty at a public library close to the campus.

“You’re not only on the right side of history, you have something he’ll never have − moral authority.”

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Gavin Newsom in Florida

Newsom’s visit to the Florida college comes less than two years after he prohibited state-funded travel to the state due to alleged “discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.”

Does that mean he views them as insufficiently discriminatory to warrant such a continued ban today? Or is it simply that the Brylcreem spokesman-wannabe is a raging hypocrite?

We’ll guess the latter.

Christina Pushaw, DeSantis’ Rapid Response Director, responded sarcastically, writing: “Go home. You aren’t getting those Uhauls back.”

This is funny because of a recent report that so many people are trying to get out of California that the state is running out of U-haul trucks. This is not a joke.

According to the company, the top destinations for U-Haul’s trucks were Texas followed by Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Arizona.

Texas and Florida have gained the most in Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) due to population migration while New York and California are experiencing a financial crisis due to people leaving.

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Is Newsom’s Red State Tour a Trial Run For 2024?

Townhall columnist Rebecca Downs questioned Gavin Newsom’s “weird obsession with Florida.”

The Hill covered the story and subtly hinted that Newsom “is seen as a potential future Democratic White House hopeful.”

Although Gavin Newsom has claimed that he is not running for President in 2024, his word may not be entirely trustworthy.

If he is not running, why would Newsom be leaving his state and touring red states while spouting the Democrats’ single-issue campaign message nationwide?

As The Hill notes, Newsom’s tour is about “travel to Republican states where he says democracy is under assault.”

This sounds like a 2024 campaign platform.

“The problem in our country right now: Authoritarian leaders who are so hellbent on gaining power and keeping it by whatever means necessary,” uttered Newsom, who locked down his state during an overblown pandemic while partying it up every chance he could.

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