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Why Is California Gov. Gavin Newsom Running Ads In Florida On July 4th?

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Gavin Newsom just recently won the Democrat nomination for Governor of California a few weeks ago. So why on earth is he running ads on the 4th of July in Florida instead of California where he is up for re-election?

According to The San Francisco Chroniclereports that Newsom is preparing for a possible 2024 presidential run on the horizon and that California Governor might be testing the waters as a mouthpiece for the entire party.

San Francisco Chronicle:

The ads are the latest move in what his advisers say is Newsom’s effort to stand up nationally for Democratic values. He’s been posting “truths” about red states on Donald Trump’s new social media platform, ripping Supreme Court justices for their decisions on abortion, guns, and the environment, chiding rival governors in Texas and Florida, doing national media interviews and even calling out his fellow Democrats for being too passive.

“I’m resolved to wake all of us up to what is going on in this country,” Newsom said recently. To “what is happening in real-time that is not getting the attention it deserves in red states across America. (Conservatives are) aggressively and successfully rolling back rights that all of us have come to take for granted.”

But there is another, unspoken reason that Newsom is bumping up his national profile as a fighter: He is warming up in the bullpen for the 2024 presidential campaign — just in case Joe Biden decides not to seek re-election. (Biden insists that he’s running. And Newsom insists he wants Vice President Kamala Harris to be Biden’s successor.)

Clearly, Newsom is testing the waters in a conservative state like Florida to see how both Democrats and Republicans respond to the Progressive Governor in an effort to raise awareness on a national level.

Regardless of how Florida responds, California is not happy with Newsom over the recent gas tax raise that has now gone into effect. While the national average for gas is less than $5 a gallon. In California, it’s $6.28 per gallon and is about to go even higher.

As of Friday, the price Californians pay at the pump will rise again as the increase in the state’s gas tax goes into effect.

It comes as lawmakers approve a budget that includes rebates going back to California families. The state already has one of the highest gas taxes at 51 cents a gallon. Gas prices and inflation are taking their toll on Californians.

The Democrat’s campaign reserved $105,000 worth of spots on Fox News in the Sunshine State in order to position himself as an alternative to popular Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, according to SF Gate.

“The Governor who said he has ‘subzero interest’ in running for President will reportedly air ads in a state — ‘checks notes’ — 2,700 miles away from his own,” tweeted Bay Area reporter Ashley Zavala in reaction to the purchase.

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