WASHINGTON — California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron De Santis have been trolling each other recently on the pandemic, abortion, LGBTQ rights and more. But Newsom said that what pushed him to air an anti-GOP ad in Florida over the Fourth of July was DeSantis’ treatment of the Special Olympics. The state threatened to fine the organization $27.5 million if it didn’t drop its COVID-19 vaccine mandate before the 2022 USA Games in Orlando last month. Special Olympics officials complied. “He did something that tipped me very directly, and that was going after the Special Olympics. I had a...
Gavin Newsom reveals the motivation behind his Florida ad targeting Ron DeSantis
July 17, 2022 2:38AM ET




