Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis, governors of states on opposite ends of both the country and the political spectrum, are staking a claim on the nation's most enduring political promise: Freedom.
SACRAMENTO -- Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis, governors of states on opposite ends of both the country and the political spectrum, held up their governing styles this week as models for the nation ahead of the 2024 presidential election as they rushed to use their convincing midterm victories to stake a claim on the nation's most enduring political promise: Freedom.
But both men define"freedom" in vastly different ways. For Newsom, freedom means the right to say yes: To an abortion, to government-funded health care for immigrants, to gender-affirming care for children. For DeSantis, freedom means the right to say no: To COVID vaccines, to illegal immigration, to what he calls"indoctrination" on sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools.
DeSantis often refers to Florida as"The free state of Florida" and attributes recent population growth in the state to people"voting with their feet" against coronavirus restrictions and liberal policies - a reference to California, which lost population for the first time in 2020 and lost a congressional seat.
That uncertainty adds an interesting dynamic to the growing Newsom-DeSantis feud, said Jessica Levinson, a political commentator and election law professor at Loyola Marymount University. When not sparring directly, policies from Newsom and DeSantis clearly outline different futures for the country. "Freedom" has been a popular talking point for Republicans for years, often accompanied by words like"faith" and"family." Newsom is using it deliberately as an attempt to reclaim the word for Democrats, part of his strategy to overhaul the party's messaging. He has done the same thing with other Republican calling cards, including referring to California as a"pro-life" state because of its commitment to public health.
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