Adding another layer to his rivalry with GOP Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is heading to Sarasota, Florida, on Wednesday to meet with students at an embattled college campus that has become a symbol of the national culture wars.
The California Democrat is making a pointed visit to speak to students from the New College of Florida — where DeSantis, as part of his war on "woke," not long ago named six conservative trustees. Newsom is scheduled to speak with students who are leading the fight against DeSantis' effort to control the college, according to his spokesman Nathan Click.
The stop is included in Newsom's tour through the South to support Democrats and promote progressive values and part of a new national campaign Newsom launched last week called the "Campaign for Democracy."
