To the editor: This sham of a debate between Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis acquired off to a nasty begin and continued to free fall into catastrophe.
I voted for our governor however take into account his efficiency on Thursday night time to have been shameless. He managed to stink up DeSantis by a landslide. The talk was a grasp course in incivility and chaos. I notably blame the moderator, far-right Fox Information host Sean Hannity.
The 2 governors ought to have been positioned in soundproof cubicles with a moderator kill swap to show their microphones on and off the second they launched into off-topic rants or talked over one another. I want to see such a setup for all political debates sooner or later.
Newsom was proper to say that neither he nor DeSantis can be their respective occasion’s presidential nominee in 2024. However now I am not too glad that California will not eliminate Newsom for one more three years. We deserve higher than him.
Ralph Jones, Riverside
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To the editor: Newsom agrees to debate DeSantis is just not the issue. The issue is that by agreeing to take action on Fox Information, our governor gave legitimacy to a corporation that has lied to undermine democracy.
Normalizing rebellious habits is the actual and lasting harm right here.
Kelly Gallagher, Santa Ana
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To the editor: Once I learn what seemed to me like an anti-Newsom editorial in your entrance web page, I needed to surprise if The Occasions was owned by Fox Information.
Newsom uncovered DeSantis because the authoritarian he’s, however the subhead in your print version mentioned Newsom was on the defensive. Why are you printing these deceptive concepts?
Newsom trashed DeSantis and his authoritarian insurance policies.
George Dobosh, Cathedral Metropolis
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To the editor: The Newsom-DeSantis debate was a humiliation for California and Florida.
We appear to have elected two governors who’re incapable of holding a grown-up dialog. Their habits would have gotten them despatched to the principal’s workplace at any elementary college or fired from any job the place sane persons are in cost.
How do you grow to be governor of the primary or third most populous state and never have the ability to play good with others? We are able to definitely do higher than this.
Craig Curtis, Altadena
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To the editor: Your Thursday front-page article, previewing the controversy, included a photograph of DeSantis behind a lectern that learn “Freedom from Indoctrination,” with a supporter behind him holding a “Cease Woke” signal.
If DeSantis actually stood for freedom from indoctrination, he wouldn’t be working to indoctrinate from the opposite facet of the political spectrum. As a substitute, he would push for pluralism, the place the celebration of variations stands above all else.
I agree that indoctrination is incorrect – so cease indoctrinating.
Joel Pelcyger, Los Angeles
