Gavin Newsom might feel like a potential run for president in 2024 or beyond could be thwarted by Ron DeSantis, and perhaps that’s the reason the California governor’s been so vocal in going after the Florida governor. Meanwhile, the jokes keep being on Newsom. We’ll start here:
Contribution records reviewed by Fox News show the Siebel Family Revocable Trust made a $5,000 donation in April to the Friends of Ron DeSantis political action committee.https://t.co/8OfO9oa2wL
— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) August 31, 2022
Via the Washington Examiner:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are openly feuding ahead of a potential 2024 showdown, but Mr. Newsom‘s in-laws are reportedly backing the Florida Republican with their wallets.
Contribution records reviewed by Fox News show the Siebel Family Revocable Trust made a $5,000 donation in April to the Friends of Ron DeSantis political action committee.
The trust is operated by Kenneth F. Siebel Jr. and Judith A. Siebel, the parents of Newsom‘s wife, Jennifer Siebel.
But wait, now it gets even better! Don’t be drinking anything when you read this:
NEW: Not only did Gavin Newsom's in-laws give money to a DeSantis PAC, they actually **moved** from California to Florida during the pandemic.
— Joseph A. Wulfsohn (@JosephWulfsohn) September 2, 2022
You can’t make this stuff up.
Records show that in March 2020, Kenneth and Judith Siebel, parents of Newsom's wife Jennifer Siebel and longtime California residents, bought a $3.3 million home in Naples, Florida. They still own their CA home in the suburbs of San Francisco.
However…
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— Joseph A. Wulfsohn (@JosephWulfsohn) September 2, 2022
Both Kenneth and Judith Siebel officially became registered Florida voters in June 2020 as their son-in-law enacted one of country's strictest COVID lockdowns, which have widely been juxtaposed to the lack of restrictions in red states like Florida.
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— Joseph A. Wulfsohn (@JosephWulfsohn) September 2, 2022
There’s only one possible reaction to that:
hahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahhahahahaha https://t.co/DchpeiuRjF
— Abigail Marone 🇺🇸 (@abigailmarone) September 2, 2022
And there it is!
Does that make them ‘Semi-Fascist’?
— Fish (@The_Papa_Fish) September 2, 2022
That’s a great question. Maybe somebody should ask Karine Jean-Pierre about it.
now this is hilarious 😂 https://t.co/95phupJ3AM
— Florida Man – Worlds Worst Superhero (@danmmeyer) September 2, 2022
In fairness, the in-laws are longtime conservatives, so perhaps Newsom wanted them to leave his state.
Not every member of the Newsom clan hates freedom. https://t.co/f75pDMkZXG
— Ryan Petty (@rpetty) September 2, 2022
Good to know!
By the time this is over, Newsom is going to be living in Florida with a fake Zoom background of his Sacramento office and telling people that they need to go back to California https://t.co/vUeTyUDjM9
— PoliMath (@politicalmath) September 2, 2022
Nothing would surprise us at this point.
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