Posted on 11/02/2025 2:14:01 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., was pressed by NBC News host Kristen Welker on whether he thought former President Joe Biden could have served through 2029, his defense of the former president and Kamala Harris' failed campaign during "Meet the Press" on Sunday.
"Governor, did you legitimately believe that he was capable of serving as president until January of 2029?" Welker asked.
The governor recently praised Biden as one of the most successful presidents.
"Yeah, I think my focus was, frankly, situational. It was making sure Donald Trump didn't get back into office, to experience everything that we're experiencing today. And there was no interaction I had that suggested otherwise," Newsom responded.
Welker also asked him to respond to Americans who felt like they were misled by Democrats about Biden's mental acuity.
"I'm not going to substitute myself for someone else or for popular opinion. I'm going to express my relationship to my truth with the former President of the United States, including at the end of his term, quite literally in December, which was a master class of foreign policy and domestic policy," Newsom said. "There was nothing to suggest what you just said or others have suggested in terms of my interaction. That's all I can be accountable for."
The NBC News host then started pressing Newsom on why Harris lost the election, and whether Biden would have beaten Trump if he stayed in the race.
Newsom said that historical headwinds were a huge reason for the Democrats' loss, and listed several reasons as to why they lost.
"We could talk about woke. We could talk about the 107 days. We could talk about the lack of an open primary. We could talk about ‘The View." he said.
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Newsom I think more and more is just serving to drive all Californians to Texas to turn it blue
Greasy NewSCUM is 2.0, like many others, and has been long gone for his crimes.
My dog knew Biden was senile as early as 2020.
Wow....he’s dumber than kommiela.
As Vito Cordileone put it: He's a pimp.
This has to be a joke...Did he say any of this with a straight face? HE’S the joke!!
Newsom’s hands will defeat him. It’s so distracting that it prohibits hearing what he’s saying....although that may be his strategy.
He machine gun talks all his reasons for supporting Biden never allowing anyone to interrupt.
His Biden positives are piss in a puddle compared to the flood of disasters over which Biden presided....to which Welker never had a chance to circle back. Again, that is his political strategy...talk ‘em to death.
Envision JD “do you hear yourself” ? or Rubio calling him out, “stop the blabber”!
Translation into rational English:
"The situation is that he was freakazoid mentally incompetent, but since I lied about it I must continue to lie.
Newsome is as demented as Biden is
like Sergeant Schultz:
“I See Nothing!”
Anyone who holds the belief that Biden could serve as president lacks judgement to hold office
And he's even more dishonest.
Well said and true.
Gavin is not a biologist.
But why is he telling us?
We didn't stop Biden in his tracks, Newsome's own party did that.
That and all the other senanaigans his party did to their own members in primaries etc. should be a warning to Gavin...but he's too arrogant and stupid to see it.
We not going there are we Newsome? Shameful man.
Damn stinking liar!
Newscum the Greaseball is a jerk. Now it’s time for “Everybody Loves Biden”. What a crock. Would buy a used car from Newscum or allow him to babysit your kids?
Colonel Klink “I see NOTHING!!”
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