Pugilistic US presidential undercard provides snapshot of a nation divided
by David Smith in Alpharetta, Georgia from US news | The Guardian on (#6GT5X)
Republican Ron DeSantis and Democrat Gavin Newsom finally went head to head on Fox News after months of trash talk
The American media billed it as a slugfest" and the Vendetta in Alpharetta". Ron DeSantis's campaign hyped it with a tale of the tape". In the era of politics as entertainment, everyone had an interest in turning a debate between two US state governors into something resembling fight night in Las Vegas.
After all, it seems the Elon Musk v Mark Zuckerberg cage match is not going to happen, so Florida governor DeSantis v his California counterpart Gavin Newsom on Fox News in prime time on Thursday would just have to do.
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