Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has finally accepted California Governor Gavin Newsom’s challenge to a debate. “Absolutely,” DeSantis confirmed during Sean Hannity’s Fox News show on Wednesday. Just tell me when and where.”The Florida Republican and California Democrat have repeatedly sparred over book bans, guns, abortion, and other partisan politics while appealing to their respective bases. In response, Newsom announced that he had asked the Department of Justice to open an investigation into “possible criminal or civil violations of federal law based on this alleged fraudulent scheme”Newsom first proposed the debate on Hannity’s program in June, saying he would debate DeSantis on Fox. As thrice-indicted Donald Trump continues to crush DeSantis in the polls, it’s uncertain whether the two Republicans will duke it out in the primaries as Trump has once again threatened to skip the GOP presidential debate.

Source: Fox News August 03, 2023 15:39 UTC