Sat Sep 30, 2023 – 5:13 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday challenged former U.S. President and Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump to a one-on-one debate, arguing Trump “owes it to our voters.”
DeSantis made the remarks in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity following the second of two GOP primary debates Wednesday night, The Daily Wire reported.
The Florida governor, who trails Trump nationally but has held on tight to the runner-up position, is widely judged to have won the debate. Trump has refused to participate in the debates outright, arguing that his supremacy in the polls makes debating unnecessary.
But DeSantis, who has already agreed to debate California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom (who insists he isn’t running for president in 2024, though some political observers have their doubts) in a one-on-one session moderated by Hannity in November, is arguing that voters deserve to see Trump defend his vision.
READ: DeSantis and Newsom agree to debate in November
“Since the former president didn’t come here, maybe he’d be willing to do [a debate] with you and I,” DeSantis told Hannity on Wednesday. “I think he owes it to
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