Posted on 09/14/2026 3:57:17 PM PDT by Libloather
Gov. Gavin Newsom has revealed one factor that could tank his expected presidential bid: fellow Democrat Kamala Harris.
Newsom was asked in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper about his expected White House run, and he didn’t hold back on how the former vice president, his former colleague and rumored frenemy, could change his decision.
“I wouldn’t run if she ran,” Newsom said while fly-fishing with Tapper in Montana.
“I wouldn’t do that to her … I wouldn’t waste anyone’s time,” Newsom explained, calling it “mutually assured destruction.”
The governor, who recently returned from a much-publicized trip to South Carolina — recently named as Democrats’ first presidential primary state — said he wasn’t sure if his fellow California Dem will actually launch a bid.
However, he suggested that the two have extensive “crossover” in their friends and supporters, claiming to Tapper: “I wouldn’t do that to people.”
It would be a “gift from God for everybody else,” if the two California Dems both ran, he said.
Harris, who has unsuccessfully run for president twice already, is leading many early polls of potential Democratic contenders. Newsom’s odds on the prediction market Polymarket fell to 7% last week as possible rivals including Bronx Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff appear to gain traction.
Newsom and Harris’s history dates back decades, when they were respectively mayor and district attorney of San Francisco.
The governor has said previously that he would only run for president if all of his four children, who are between the ages of 10 and 17, agree to it.
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He’s probably hormonal right now. Aks him again in a couple days.
Psst! My thread beat your thread on Newsom quitting by a few minutes.
“””Harris, who has unsuccessfully run for president twice already, is leading many early polls of potential Democratic contenders. “”””””””
Well, if she is leading in the polls I see no reason why we should waste billions of dollars on an election. Just put her in office right now and save all that hassle.
Bad news for Republicans--instead of the weak Newsom the Republican nominee might have to face the powerful black woman Kamala Harris.
/s
A crook and a hooker.
Great candidates for the ‘Rat party.
And, if either one of them won, it would be a gift from Old Scratch himself.
Nobody cares
William Jennings Bryan ran for Pres three times, being a straight white guy didn't help him any.
She’s running. She had a facelift.
For his own reasons of corruption and abetting even more corruption via his wife’s investments, I don’t think Gavin was going to be running anyway. Now. he can pretend to be the ultimate Company Man by falling on his sword for the first “black” Vice President.
Oh, Kamala, please please please please please run! I would pay to watch Vance, Rubio or DeSantis rip you to shreds in a debate!
Ding! Ding! DING! Post of the day!
They could lift everything from the ankles up to her scalp and it wouldn’t matter, she’d still be as dumb as a rock.
I can’t past the photo of Newsom and Tapper pretending to fly-fish. No fishing vest, no fishing shirt, no waders, etc. Fake! Fake! Fake!
I think he knows he’s a dead man/child walking. It’s a convenient way to back away and keep his cash drawer.
Trump barely beat her in 2024.
She lost Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania by a total of 230,000 votes.
Kamala got 226 Electoral Votes in 2024.
Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, have 44 total Electoral Votes.
226 + 44 = 270 Electoral Votes
And - Kamala is President in 2024.
A slimy dyslexic, inveterate corrupt liar and serial adulterer whose only goal is power—never forget that.
Are Democrats dumb enough to actually giver her another chance after seeing how utterly clueless she is about any subject?!
But Kamala Harris is a dumb-dumb who speaks mumble-talk!!
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