Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R-FL) team released a video Monday criticizing the "liberal governance" of California by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) in comparison to DeSantis's policies in Florida.

In a reference to Newsom's calls for DeSantis to debate him, the tweet with the video declares that "the debate is already settled" while outlining issues facing the Golden State.

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"The American people as a whole have voted with their feet," DeSantis said in narration in the video, which was taken from his remarks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, in March.

The video then plays clips of newscasters and officials discussing California's declining population, issues with homelessness, "rising crime in San Francisco," "needles and feces" on the streets, along with other problems in California.

California's population has declined for three years in a row. On Jan. 1, 2022, the state's population was 39,078,674, but a year later the population was only 38,940,231, a net loss of 138,443 people or 0.4%. Since 2020 the population has decreased by 597,992 people, per state data.

In contrast, Florida's population has grown from an estimated 21,538,226 in April 2020 to an estimated 22,244,823 in 2022, for a 3.3% increase in population in that time, per the Census Bureau. The Census Bureau declared Florida the fastest-growing state of 2022, the first time the Sunshine State has held that distinction.

With regard to homelessness in California, Newsom conceded in an interview on Fox News Channel's Hannity last week that the problem was "disgraceful" and out of control.

"Because housing costs are too high, our regulatory thickets are too problematic, localism has been too impactful, meaning people are pushing back against new housing starts and construction," the governor explained. "I've been there four years. I can’t make up for the fact in 2005, we had a historic number of homeless under a Republican administration."

"We own this, Sean. I'm not defending this," Newsom said.

"We have had a great experiment in governing philosophies," DeSantis said in the video.

The video then plays a clip of Newsom at a trash cleanup at a rail yard in Los Angeles in January 2022, which had been the site of mass looting from cargo trains.

"I see what everybody is seeing, asking myself, 'What the hell is going on?' We look like a Third World country," Newsom said in the clip.

The video then returns to DeSantis discussing population loss in Democrat-run states, including California, in recent years.

"We have witnessed a great American exodus from states governed by leftist politicians," DeSantis said.

The video shows a compilation of newscasters discussing people and businesses leaving California and contrasts it with newscasters talking about Florida being "the fastest growing state in the nation," along with low employment and lowering crime rates in the Sunshine State.

The claim regarding Florida's decreased crime rates comes from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's 2021 statistics on crime, which were released last year, showing crime overall was at its lowest rate in 50 years.

"This is a result of a better governance in states like Florida, it is the result of poor governance in these left-wing states. That's why people are moving," DeSantis said.

Newsom and DeSantis have been vocal critics of each other, with the California governor saying on Hannity last week that he would agree to a debate with the Florida governor.

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DeSantis's campaign says he will be in California on Monday and Tuesday to "see first-hand the disastrous results of liberal governance." Newsom visited the New College of Florida in April shortly after announcing his "Campaign for Democracy" to combat Republican leaders.

The Florida governor is a Republican presidential candidate and is currently in second place in the GOP field, per the RealClearPolitics polling average. Newsom has said he will not challenge President Joe Biden in 2024 and has endorsed Biden for a second term.