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Showing Original Post only (View all)Finally Democrats (Newsom) attack DeSantis and GOP with a winning message on taking away freedoms [View all]
Gavin Newsom goes on the air against Ron DeSantis as political rivalry growsBy Edward-Isaac Dovere and Steve Contorno, CNN
Updated 12:15 PM ET, Sun July 3, 2022
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/03/politics/gavin-newsom-ron-desantis-ad-2024/index.html
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Newsom now is going on the air against DeSantis in Florida -- with what he says is not the first ad of the 2024, or even the 2028, presidential race -- with the goal of trying to get Democrats to reclaim a sense of collective identity that could enable them to beat Trumpism in the long term.
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"It's Independence Day -- so let's talk about what's going on in America," Newsom says in the ad, standing in the California sun, tieless, as "America the Beautiful" fingerpicks in the background. "Freedom is under attack in your state."
Those last words flash across the screen in red, followed by a photo of DeSantis shaking hands with former President Donald Trump, and then another of the Florida governor as Newsom ticks through Florida laws to ban books and restrict voting, speech and access to abortion.
"I urge all of you living in Florida to join the fight -- or join us in California, where we still believe in freedom: Freedom of speech, freedom to choose, freedom from hate, and the freedom to love," Newsom says as the images proceed from an aerial shot of the Santa Monica Pier to a rainbow flag waving in the hands of two women with arms around each other. "Don't let them take your freedom.""
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This is a winning message from a smart Democrat.
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Finally Democrats (Newsom) attack DeSantis and GOP with a winning message on taking away freedoms [View all]
andym
Jul 2022
OP
Your name is "anti-repub," yet you promote an idea to divide the party & let Repubs win. Why?
Hekate
Jul 2022
#18
brooklynite has been on the phone with party bigwigs, and hasn't reported any breakthroughs.
usonian
Jul 2022
#27
Now that wasn't so hard was it? One Dem who is clear, concise and pitch perfect
Raven123
Jul 2022
#8