
California Governor Gavin Newsom has unleashed a scathing invective against his Florida counterpart and Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis after two planes of undocumented migrants and asylum seekers arrived in his state.
In a tweet on Monday, Newsom called DeSantis a “small, pathetic man”, implying the Florida governor had orchestrated the flights. Newsom also linked his post to the California penal code’s definition of kidnapping, preceded by the comment, “Kidnapping charges?”