Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and California Gov. Gavin Newsom will participate in a televised 90-minute debate moderated by Fox Information’ Sean Hannity on Nov. 30, the community introduced Monday in a press launch.
The talk will air on Hannity’s namesake present from Georgia, although a particular location in the important thing battleground state stays “to be decided.”
“I sit up for the chance to debate Gavin Newsom over our very completely different visions for the way forward for our nation,” DeSantis stated in a post on X, the platform previously generally known as Twitter.
“The distinction of California’s failures to Florida’s success demonstrates that Ron DeSantis is correct: decline is merely a alternative,” Andrew Romeo, DeSantis’ marketing campaign spokesman, added in a press release.
“Whether or not Newsom or Biden is the Democrat nominee in ‘24, they each supply the identical failed and harmful ideology for America that helped get us on this mess. We sit up for placing Ron DeSantis’ report of success up towards it,” he continued.
“We’ve agreed to the controversy — offered there isn’t any cheering part, no hype movies or any of the opposite crutches Desantis requested,” Newsom spokesperson Nathan Click on stated in a press release, emphasizing that they “need an actual debate — not a circus.”
The 2 ideologically opposed governors first agreed to take one another on in early August, however negotiations stalled for weeks over the proposed guidelines.
DeSantis, who’s operating for the Republican nomination for president, usually takes purpose at Newsom on the marketing campaign path, portray California as a failing liberal antithesis to his dwelling state of Florida.
Three days after accepting the invitation to debate, DeSantis defined his pondering to a crowd at a marketing campaign occasion in Grinnell, Iowa.
“One, Biden’s agenda is finally simply attempting to take the California agenda nationally anyhow. … California leftism is type of how the Democratic Celebration operates,” he stated, claiming that “Biden is probably not the candidate” and that Newsom might as an alternative grow to be the Democratic nominee.
Newsom is broadly talked about as a possible presidential candidate, however he has shrugged off rumors that he would launch a major problem towards Biden.
“President Biden goes to run, and we’re wanting ahead to getting him re-elected,” he advised Chuck Todd in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” emphasizing that Vice President Kamala Harris is “naturally” Biden’s successor.
DeSantis can also be in California this week for an additional marketing campaign face-off: the second GOP major debate on Wednesday from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley.
Bianca Seward contributed.
