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Gavin Newsom drops bombshell decision on White House bid if Kamala Harris runs
NY Post ^ | 9/14/26 | Annie Gaus

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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1 posted on 09/14/2026 3:57:17 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

He’s probably hormonal right now. Aks him again in a couple days.


2 posted on 09/14/2026 3:58:45 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Libloather

Psst! My thread beat your thread on Newsom quitting by a few minutes.


3 posted on 09/14/2026 4:00:22 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (Presenting Voter ID to CA Election Officials is Like Waving a Cross in Front of a Vampire)
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To: Libloather

“””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.


4 posted on 09/14/2026 4:00:55 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Libloather
Third time's a charm. If Harris runs for President a third time, she might actually win a primary.

Bad news for Republicans--instead of the weak Newsom the Republican nominee might have to face the powerful black woman Kamala Harris.

/s

5 posted on 09/14/2026 4:02:13 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Libloather

A crook and a hooker.

Great candidates for the ‘Rat party.


6 posted on 09/14/2026 4:02:53 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Libloather
"It would be a 'gift from God for everybody else,' if the two California Dems both ran, he said."

And, if either one of them won, it would be a gift from Old Scratch himself.

7 posted on 09/14/2026 4:03:28 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Libloather

Nobody cares


8 posted on 09/14/2026 4:04:19 PM PDT by stanne
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To: Verginius Rufus
Third time's a charm. If Harris runs for President a third time, she might actually win a primary.

William Jennings Bryan ran for Pres three times, being a straight white guy didn't help him any.

9 posted on 09/14/2026 4:09:56 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Libloather

She’s running. She had a facelift.


10 posted on 09/14/2026 4:10:55 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: Libloather

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.


11 posted on 09/14/2026 4:20:34 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Libloather

Oh, Kamala, please please please please please run! I would pay to watch Vance, Rubio or DeSantis rip you to shreds in a debate!


12 posted on 09/14/2026 4:26:45 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Texas Eagle
He’s probably hormonal right now. Ask him again in a couple days

Ding! Ding! DING! Post of the day!

13 posted on 09/14/2026 4:32:30 PM PDT by llevrok (Voter apathy wins elections for liberals.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

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.


14 posted on 09/14/2026 4:46:08 PM PDT by Veto!
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To: Libloather

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!


15 posted on 09/14/2026 4:47:21 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: Libloather

I think he knows he’s a dead man/child walking. It’s a convenient way to back away and keep his cash drawer.


16 posted on 09/14/2026 4:53:59 PM PDT by theyreallthesame
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To: Libloather
Kamala Harris is the stronger candidate.

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.

17 posted on 09/14/2026 4:54:26 PM PDT by zeestephen (2024 Trump Landslide - Kamala Harris Lost By 230,000 Votes In WI, MI, and PA.)
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To: Libloather

A slimy dyslexic, inveterate corrupt liar and serial adulterer whose only goal is power—never forget that.


18 posted on 09/14/2026 4:56:27 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Libloather

Are Democrats dumb enough to actually giver her another chance after seeing how utterly clueless she is about any subject?!


19 posted on 09/14/2026 5:02:33 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (There are three kinds of rats: Rats, Damned Rats, and DemocRats.)
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To: Libloather

But Kamala Harris is a dumb-dumb who speaks mumble-talk!!


20 posted on 09/14/2026 5:16:58 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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