OPINION:
I’d like to extend my personal invitation to California Gov. Gavin Newsom to never again return to Florida (“Gavin Newsom hits Ron DeSantis on gun laws in new fundraising pitch,” web, April 7).
Mr. Newsom is not welcome here, and every visit is just a juvenile thumbing of his nose at all of the state because we believe in the truth, freedom and respect. The boring concept of accusing your opposition of wrongdoing to put them on the defensive — when in reality you are committing those offenses — no longer works here.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis torched the socialist playbook years ago and Floridians support him, end of story. Constitutional carry is in Florida because the people wanted it, and there’s no other reason. It’s not extreme, as Mr. Newsom says, because we have decided that as long as Mr. Newsom helps create the monsters killing our children, we will stop the monsters. Period.
Mr. Newsom has a few things left to destroy in California before it becomes his personal kingdom, so he should stay there. His brand of verbal manure may work on socialists, but it doesn’t work on patriots.
JEFFREY H. DISSELL
Gainesville, Florida
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