Stacey Abrams win in Georgia will lead to ‘cold war’ with Florida, DeSantis says

Stacey Abrams arrives to speak during the North America's Building Trades Union's Legislative Conference in Washington this week. Photograph: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

The Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, predicted a “cold war” with Georgia if it elects the Democrat and voting rights campaigner Stacey Abrams as governor this year.

“If Stacey Abrams is elected governor of Georgia, I just want to be honest, that will be a cold war between Florida and Georgia,” DeSantis said at a press event in the north-west of his own state.