Florida governor and 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis speaks on the Republican Party of Iowa’s 2023 Lincoln Dinner on the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa, July 28, 2023.
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Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis agreed Wednesday to debate California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, survive Fox News.
“Absolutely. I’m game,” DeSantis said when asked by Fox’s Sean Hannity. “Let’s get it done. Just tell me when and where. We’ll do it.”
Hannity previously asked Newsom concerning the debate in a June interview. Newsom said he was “all in. Count on it.” Asked within the interview if he’d debate DeSantis for 2 hours, Newsom proposed it’s three.
Hannity on Wednesday said it might be “a policy-based debate” between the governors of opposing parties.
Newsom and DeSantis have previously sparred on issues starting from guns to immigration. The California governor in June told NBC News he was planning to research DeSantis for flying planes of migrants to California.
DeSantis is searching for the Republican nomination for president but has continued to lag within the polls behind former President Donald Trump.
