In 2023, Gavin Newsom traveled to China, the first U.S. governor to do so in an official capacity in four years, to meet with its president Xi Jinping about issues such as human rights, global warming, and the economy. It’s fair to say that Ron DeSantis wasn’t impressed, however, by this particular engagement.
In an interview with the Daily Mail, DeSantis claimed that the California governor’s trip sent out the wrong message when it comes to relations between the two countries. He explained, “When I saw the photos, the thing that came to my mind was — you know, these are guys that are two peas in the pod with respect to COVID, draconian COVID policies.”
“They both had very lengthy lockdowns, curtailed people’s ability to work, go to school, all that,” he went on to add. “I know California because a lot of people fled to Florida because of what he did.” DeSantis was no doubt getting the first jab in early, as both he and Newsom were due to debate in a 90-minute Fox News show in Georgia the following month.
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