This Thursday night inside Fox News It has been organized contention It may not seem logical on paper, but in reality Politically, the United States has this and much more. On one side, along with the conservative network’s star host Sean Hannity, will be Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who has no audience and who a few months ago appeared to be the Republican alternative to Donald Trump but is now running for office. The former president and Nikki Haley’s momentum pales in comparison to their overwhelming advantage in the polls and among major donors. In front of him Gavin Newsom is the Democratic Governor of California.
The idea for the debate was suggested by Newsom months ago, when DeSantis was on the rise and clashes were piling up between the two governors, particularly on issues such as: migrationHE abortion or by quarantine instructions and policies implemented during quarantine. Pandemic, the lands where they are in the antipodes. It’s an option for DeSantis to try to revive his candidacy for Fox viewers, a pressing need before the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries arrive, and to do so without having to confront Haley directly. But another question arises: What is Newsom looking for?
California’s top executive 56 yearshave His presidential goals for 2028 are clear. He is currently supporting Joe Biden’s re-election campaign and acting as one of the president’s ambassadors, whom he has repeatedly publicly cited. “Great confidence in his leadership”. However, there are also those who accuse him of running a simultaneous campaign. “shadow campaign” Being an option if it happens even for 2024 something that would prevent octogenarian Biden from running.
Conspiracy theories and accusations
This is the material Conspiracy theories spreading among Republicans and in right-wing groups. For example, Senator Ted Cruz, next August, democratic congress Which will crown Biden as the Democratic nominee in 2024? elite party strength They will take it out and put it backgetting rid of a candidate who is crushed under his weight an inconvenience that causes discomfort among many voters due to his age. (Biden is 81 years old) and this According to many polls, he will lose in key swing states to Trump and even Haley.And according to Cruz’s speculation, his replacement could be: michelle obama, Others are not considering the name of the vice president who should be Biden’s natural heir. Kamala Harris, but Newsom’s.
The governor’s intense activity is, in any case, unsettling among some Democrats, such as Senator John Fetterman. And even though he’s officially just a Minnesota congressman Dean Phillips Fetterman, who ran against Biden in the Democratic primary (after Robert Kennedy Jr. switched to an independent), said Newsom was also in the race. “Only one person (Philips) has achieved this feature. bravery to publicize it,” the senator criticized.
Raise profile
What’s undeniable is that Newsom has already Entered public life at the municipal level in 1998 He said he wanted to be president I’m trying to raise your profile. And in 2004 he takes steps that confirm this politician’s goal. San Francisco’s youngest mayorit was lieutenant governor eight years and then it was Elected governor in 2018 A position for which he easily passed the censorship referendum in 2021 and was re-elected in 2022 with 59% of the vote.
For example, he spent $10 million through his Political Action Committee to spread the Democratic message in Republican-controlled states: “Authoritarian leaders attacking our freedoms”. And he donated to a Democratic mayoral candidate in Charleston, South Carolina; This shows that he is interested in early primary states.
went on a trip in October ChineseWhere He met with Xi Jinping touched upon issues related to Fighting climate change, one of the lands California is leading the way and where Newsom has one of them more advanced agendas By taking measures such as requiring companies to report their emissions getting rid of greenhouse gases or starting a launch Lawsuit against oil companies due to the damage their products cause to the environment. But environmentalists say most of their suggestions Desires rather than realities, Remember it was approved this year. 1,000 new drillings and criticizes its association of emissions regulations with: Keep open a nuclear power plant that had previously been promised to close.
from Right him “one woke up the dictatorThey criticize him for measures such as vetoing book bans and criticize him for proposals such as amending the state constitution to restrict access to guns. Its history also includes placing the order in 2004. First municipal licenses in the country for same-sex marriages even when state laws prohibit them. But ‘The Wall Street Journal’ recently recalled: “He works away from the spotlight and soften legislation and policies that fall far short of national ambitions”. And the most progressive people question whether he is one of them.
These critics remind us, for example, that after promising to run as a candidate: free universal healthcare ha fThree expansions in health services were renewed. They also highlight the transformation he has taken since his time as mayor, when he participated in the strike of striking hotel workers. lack of support For example, given this year comes in Hollywood or health care in the state. And they condemn it did not act to reduce tax benefits for large corporations and fortunesCalifornia loses $70,000 million a year, which could help combat the pandemic. homelessnessor opposed a proposal (which did not materialize) that would increase taxes on the wealthy to fund electric cars and firefighting.
Confidence or arrogance
Newsom’s exposure also draws attention to a politician who some see as such. sharp and others like superficialand it reveals what it is for some confidence and for others, arrogance. And they recall from increasingly frequent profiles in the press: Elements of his personal and political life not always in good lights: his first marriage to Kimberly Guilfoyle, who is now Donald Trump Jr.’s partner; the He was having an affair with the wife of a close friend who was his campaign manager; The girlfriend (21) he had as mayor when he was 39 years old and who wasn’t even of drinking age, or Scandal caused by the epidemic is depicted in a way group dinner with lobbyists at an upscale restaurant, hours after urging Californians to avoid gatherings during the Covid holidays.
This Thursday’s debate will, in any case, serve to further raise all that exposure and its profile. And he will continue to feed theses about his intentions; This is something he himself has been doing somewhat ironically lately. Biden During the APEC summit in San Francisco. After thanking Newsom and praising his work as governor, the president said: “I can be whatever I want. QI can get the job I’m looking for”. Most of those present laughed. Maybe it wasn’t a joke.