Newsom Confronts DeSantis on Education Policies in Florida

California Governor Gavin Newsom made a surprise visit to Sarasota, Florida, where he met with students from New College of Florida who are upset about Governor Ron DeSantis' effort to transform their school. Newsom criticized DeSantis' conservative higher education experiment and argued that red state leaders are erasing decades of progress on voting rights, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, abortion rights, and contraceptive rights. DeSantis' spokesperson called Newsom's visit a stunt, but many students expressed frustration with the national attention on their small school. New College has become the epicenter of the culture wars between the left and right, and a prime target for Newsom's ongoing feud with DeSantis.