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Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., slammed Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., during a speech at the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival on Saturday.
“Look, it’s clear that DeSantis broke the law,” Newsom suggested while speaking with MSNBC host Alex Wagner. “The question is, what law did he break? Did he break the laws of his own state? Did he violate federal law?
Newsom criticized DeSantis for shipping migrants to Martha’s Vineyard earlier this month. DeSantis and Texas Governor Greg Abbot have both ferried immigrants to liberal areas, such as Washington DC and Martha’s Vineyard, a tactic that aims to force Biden and Democratic Party leaders to come to terms with the crisis on the southern border. from America.
Adding to his criticisms, Newsom morally condemned DeSantis saying he was showing a “lack of character”.
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“The only thing he did was he broke with the precedent, any precedent of decency and honor, his lack of displayed character,” he said. “He comes to another state – your state, to try to find pawns in a political game, round them up, send them to an island, and then fundraise. What does that say about his character and the Republican Party character who celebrated this act of cruelty and dehumanization?”
Gavin suggested the incident is not just an indictment of Republican governors but also of GOP voters.
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“I called it out because I find it offensive and shameful, and I find it increasingly normalized now within the Republican Party,” Newsom said. “It’s certainly well established here with Greg Abbott, who was apparently getting more attention on this subject than Ron DeSantis, and he wanted to participate, and I mean it, and that’s what happened to the Republican Party in this country. .”
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Newsom and his state’s Democrats have often denounced and targeted Republicans and Republican-led states for their policies and positions. California passed a law in 2017 banning state-funded travel to a number of states, including Texas. The law responded to what the California state legislature authorized “discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.”
Newsom’s trip to Texas raises similar questions as the governor’s visit to Montana, another state on California’s travel ban list.