Ron DeSantis takes his war with Newsom to San Francisco – and tearing up homelessness
‘We saw people pooping in the street’: Ron DeSantis takes his war with Newsom to San Francisco – ripping homelessness and people openly using heroin
- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has released a video criticizing California Governor Gavin Newsom for confusing the state
- See in detail how homeless people use drugs and go to the toilet on the street
- DeSantis has challenged Newsom to run in the 2024 Democratic primary — but California’s governor has said he won’t do so ‘under any circumstances’
Ron DeSantis won’t take attacks from California Governor Gavin Newsom while he’s sitting — he’s releasing a video from San Francisco to share the horrors he witnessed as he walked through what he called a “once-great city.”
Florida’s governor continued the East-West Coast feud with Newsom during his campaign in the West this past week, which included a fundraising event in Sacramento.
He said Newsom is “doing it all wrong” and described some of the city’s sights, including seeing homeless people go to the toilet on the street and doing drugs in the open.
Newsom has continually attacked DeSantis for his Florida policies — even putting out an ad earlier this year urging Americans not to vote for the governor with the slogan “don’t make America Florida.”
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis released a video from the streets of San Francisco criticizing California leaders for confusing the state
DeSantis and California Governor Gavin Newsom have had an ongoing war of words over the differing styles of government between East and West Coast states
DeSantis’ team uses the same rhetoric in return, releasing an email with the one-minute video with the subject line: “Don’t California Our Nation.”
“We’re here in the once-great city of San Francisco,” DeSantis said in a video shot straight-to-camera on the streets of the California city.
“We came in here and saw people defecating in the street. We saw people using heroin. We saw people smoking crack cocaine,” he explained. ‘And you look around and the city is no longer buzzing. It really collapsed because of leftist policies. And people have fled this area because of this policy.’
Newsom argues that DeSantis’ policies are too far right, but on the other hand, DeSantis says his California counterpart’s laws led to the collapse of the Golden State.
“They’re not prosecuting criminals like most parts of the country and the wreckage is really sad to see,” DeSantis said in the video. “I’ve seen so many businesses get boarded up. I’ve seen so many scum running around. It just goes to show that this policy matters. Leadership is important.’
“They’re doing it wrong here,” he added.
No wonder so many people have moved from San Francisco to Florida in recent years. We must stop this madness. We need to restore mental health in this country.”
The battle between the leaders of the coastal states has intensified after DeSantis ran in last month’s Republican presidential primary.
DeSantis last week challenged Newsom to run in the 2024 primary against President Joe Biden as the California Democrat continues to say he has no intention of running.
DeSantis said he saw homeless people go to the bathroom on the street and do drugs in the open while in San Francisco
Homelessness and crime have been on the rise in California and other Democratic cities in recent years. An analysis of official numbers and other research shows San Francisco could lose hundreds of millions of dollars from a corporate exodus and failure to recover from Covid
“He has a serious fixation on the state of Florida,” DeSantis said of Newsom at a press conference in Florida last Thursday. “I mean, I just think it’s bizarre that he’s doing that.”
‘What I’d like to tell him is, you know what, stop whining. Are you going to throw your hat in the ring and challenge Joe?’ the governor of Florida asked. “Are you going to get in and do it, or are you just going to sit on the sideline and chirp?”
Newsom said over the weekend that there is no chance “on God’s green earth” that he will run for president in 2024.
But he also made it clear that he thinks DeSantis is a “weak” and “undisciplined” candidate who will be “crushed by Doanld Trump” in the primary.
San Francisco is a sale of what it once was, with countless businesses removing their locations from the city as homelessness and crime – particularly shoplifting – take over.
California has changed the laws in recent years so that shoplifters are only pursued if they take goods worth nearly $1,000, leading to a spike in this type of crime.
A map shows the top companies that have left or are planning to leave San Francisco in recent months. Westfield, the most recent to announce his departure, will be giving up its huge mall – and several residents have already said they plan to follow suit