Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ripped California Gov. Gavin Newsom on his home turf Sunday, saying Florida has 'witnessed a great American exodus from states governed by leftist politicians.'
Fox News’ Howard Kurtz reports on the Florida governor’s latest move to make it easier for media outlets to get sued for defamation in the state.ripped California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom during a speech Sunday in the Golden State, saying Californians are fleeing the state in droves to live in Florida where he said they can live freely.
"And I think if you look over the last four or five years, and you look at the performances of individual states, and you compare Florida versus California, New York, Illinois, some of those other states, we have had a great experiment, a great test in governing philosophies," he said."Because of course, you know, we approach things much differently in Florida than you guys have out here, much differently in Florida than they've done in New York and in Illinois.
"Now, what ended up happening because we did that one of the things that ended up happening was in 2021, Florida set a record for domestic tourism," he said."If you compare the change in tourism in California from 2019 to 2021, California tourism declined by 22%."DeSantis spoke to a crowd of more than 1,300 attendees at the Reagan library, DeSantis’ team told Fox News Digital.
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