Right out of the gate, the Fox News debate between Govs. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Gavin Newsom (D-CA) in Alpharetta, Georgia went off the rails as DeSantis tried to interrupt and talk over Newsom, and Newsom calmly stood his ground and rattled off statistics, appearing keen to use his time on the stage to talk up President Joe Biden's record to the Fox News viewership.
"I'm happy that you continue to talk," said Newsom. "Let's talk about Bidenomics. I'm happy to take that on as well. 10 times more jobs than the last three republican presidents—"
"Because the jobs were because of the COVID lockdown. Are you kidding me?" snapped DeSantis.
"As he continues to talk over me, I'll talk to the American people," said Newsom. "The lowest unemployment in American history. The lowest unemployment for Hispanics. The lowest unemployment for women in 70 years. That is this administration's agenda. And by the way, as you smile and smirk over there, you should know this, the American people, here's a guy who celebrated Bidenomics just this week, celebrating $28 million that came in your state because of the CHIPS and science, one of the most significant economic plans since FDR. I'm proud of the of the work Biden/Harris have done."
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"Would you like to respond?" asked Hannity. "I do have a follow-up. 6 percent rate on people, families, couples in California, they pay 6 percent income tax on any $4,000 a year."
"California has lower taxes, lower than 32 states for working families in their middle-class, significantly lower taxes," said Newsom. "People in the state [Florida] pay more taxes in the low end then we tax people on millionaires and billionaires."
After a several more minutes of crosstalk between Newsom and DeSantis, Hannity finally cut to commercial, saying that the debate needed "to breathe."
