The Telegraph published this video item, entitled “Ron DeSantis holds up a map of “human faeces” in a bizarre stunt during a televised debate” – below is their description.
Ron DeSantis held up a map of “human faeces” in a bizarre stunt during a televised debate with Gavin Newsom on Thursday night.
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The Florida governor took part in a live debate with his California counterpart, in what was dubbed the “Great Red vs Blue State Debate” on Fox News.
Mr DeSantis, who is polling second in the Republican primary race, agreed to debate Mr Newsom in an apparent bid for airtime ahead of the first caucus in Iowa next month.
The event saw the two men argue over which of their states had performed better on various economic and social metrics, and discuss the 2024 presidential election between Joe Biden and the yet-to-be-decided Republican nominee.
During the debate, Mr DeSantis held up a printed map of what he said were “human faeces” on the streets of San Francisco in an attempt to discredit Mr Newsom’s record on sanitation.
“This is a map of San Francisco,” he told viewers. “There’s a lot of plots on that. You may be asking: ‘What is that plotting?’
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