As the 2024 election heats up, President Joe Biden and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will host a presidential campaign event Monday in Northern California, just a few miles from each other.
The president will fly to California in the morning and deliver a speech on climate change in Palo Alto before attending a campaign reception in Los Gatos, Calif. at 3:30 p.m. local time, followed by another event in Atherton, Calif. It’s planned. 3 hours later. (Related: Biden Holds First Rally of 2024 Campaign)
The Los Gatos event will be held at a private location and will be moderated by LinkedIn co-founder Reed Hoffman and Microsoft chief technology officer Kevin Scott and his wife Shannon Hunt-Scott, according to the East Bay Times. the paper reported. report. The Atherton fundraiser will cost $6,600 and will be hosted by former Secretary of State Steve Westley, the paper said.
DeSantis was fundraising Monday morning in Sacramento, Calif., at an event hosted by real estate developer Steven Eggert and his wife Pamela (KCRA). report. Tickets for a breakfast party at the country club were reportedly on sale for $3,300 each.
According to KCRA reporter Ashley Zavala, the governor of Florida hid as he entered the country club and entered through the back door to avoid reporters.
Good morning from outside the Del Paso Country Club where Ron DeSantis is reportedly hosting for a private fundraiser.
The guards at the gates, the organizers, and everyone involved in the campaign have kept their mouths shut.
DeSantis failed to break through the front line. pic.twitter.com/k6vLDVLg0h
— Ashley Zavala (@ZavalaA) June 19, 2023
It will be DeSantis’ first visit to the city since Florida sent two immigration flights to Sacramento in early June.
“It’s hard to comment on something like that,” Biden told reporters on Monday in response to a question about DeSantis being in the city after sending an immigration flight.
Days before his visit to California, Mr. DeSantis urged Governor Gavin Newsom to “stop the practical jokes” and enter the 2024 election campaign.
Both Mr. Biden and Mr. DeSantis have hit each other during their presidency. Florida’s governor condemned Biden’s downfall at his Air Force Academy commencement ceremony. saying He hopes “the United States will recover quickly from the wounds inflicted under the Joe Biden administration.”president criticized DeSantis’ actions on Medicaid and White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre clearly took issue with Disney’s attack, saying, “I’m not in a fight with Mickey Mouse.”
