California vs. Florida: A tale of 2 Americas
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has spent the weeks since his reelection warring with “woke” enemies: picking a $2 billion fight with the world’s largest money manager over its environmental policies and vowing to go to court to defend a new law that blocks teaching about racial oppression and white privilege.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has spent time since his reelection attacking DeSantis — on Twitter and in an op-ed and spoken comments — while promising to make his own state a haven for many of the practices the Florida Republican opposes.
“He’s cruel,” Newsom, a Democrat, said of DeSantis, a Republican, in a recent interview. “I have no respect for bullies and people who’ve made their entire political careers on attacking vulnerable communities.”
“If Gov. Newsom is looking for any pointers on successful governance, he can follow Florida’s lead,” DeSantis’ spokeswoman Lindsey Curnutte said in response to Newsom’s comments.
The states are becoming two of the nation’s biggest ideological rivals. Superman has Bizarro, a powerful
