SEE IT: Newsom cuts advertisement encouraging Floridians to shift to California

Daniel Chaitin

July 03, 12:54 PM July 03, 12:54 PM

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is showcased in an Independence Working day advertisement encouraging Florida residents to transfer to California.

The ad, which is compensated for by the governor's reelection campaign, is an early salvo in what could be a 2024 presidential showdown amongst Newsom and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL). It follows additional than 360,000 folks leaving California in 2021, like to sites these kinds of as the Sunshine Condition because of to these factors as affordability, point out regulations, and obtain to jobs.

"It can be Independence Working day — so let's discuss about what is heading on in America," Newsom states in the advertisement, which he tweeted out on Sunday. "Freedom is beneath attack in your state," he provides in advance of having intention at Republican leaders.

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"I urge all of you living in Florida to sign up for the struggle — or be part of us in California, the place we however believe that in liberty: Liberty of speech, liberty to pick, independence from despise, and the independence to appreciate," Newsom claims. "Do not enable them get your liberty."

DeSantis's campaign panned the ad as being a waste of cash.

"Gavin Newsom could as perfectly mild a pile of money on fireplace," spokesman Dave Abrams mentioned, according to CNN. "Pass the popcorn for his determined endeavor to earn again the California refugees who fled the hellhole he established in his condition to occur to Florida."

Newsom survived a recall election in September of past year and polls demonstrate optimistic indications for his reelection effort this calendar year.

Like his California counterpart, DeSantis has set his emphasis on a reelection campaign, but he is normally talked about as a top rated-tier applicant for the 2024 presidential election. New polling has proven DeSantis closing the gap noticeably involving himself and former President Donald Trump, who has flirted with a different operate at the White Dwelling.