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Gavin Newsom — While Fishing With Jake Tapper — Says He’s Out on 2028 Run if Kamala Harris Is In
Mediaite ^ | September 14, 2026 | Sean James

Posted on 09/14/2026 3:53:04 PM PDT by PJ-Comix

If she’s in, he’s out.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) told CNN anchor Jake Tapper he will not run for president in 2028 if former Vice President Kamala Harris decides to try again. The liberal governor dished the revelation on Monday while he and Tapper were recorded fly fishing together in Montana — and it appeared to mildly stun the news host.

“I wouldn’t run if she ran,” Newsom said.

Tapper turned to the gov while holding his poll in the air and confirmed, “If she runs, you will not?”

Newsom acted like it was obvious he should bow out if Harris opts to run.

Newsom tells @jaketapper he won’t run in 2028 if Kamala Harris runs. pic.twitter.com/auDjNdBlyr— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) September 14, 2026


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TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: california; election2028; gavinnewsom; kamalaharris
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Which means Newsom is NOT running because Kamala will be running for sure. This is probably his excuse for not running so as to avoid admitting that he won't run because of the federal investigations of him and his corrupt wife.
1 posted on 09/14/2026 3:53:04 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

He’s lying.


2 posted on 09/14/2026 3:54:39 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Free Republic is going to be intolerable during the Republican Presidential primary in 2028.)
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To: Fledermaus

Yeah, I saw that his lips were moving, too.


3 posted on 09/14/2026 3:55:45 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: PJ-Comix

A crook and a hooker.

Great candidates for the ‘Rat party.


4 posted on 09/14/2026 3:56:28 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Fledermaus
Tapper turned to the gov while holding his poll in the air

What kind of fisherman uses a poll?

5 posted on 09/14/2026 3:57:00 PM PDT by Kudsman (Killing and raping infidels, it's a cultural thing. )
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To: PJ-Comix

Gross! Nobody wants to hear about their pillow talk!


6 posted on 09/14/2026 4:00:15 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Fledermaus
He’s lying.

He's lying about the REASON why he would quit not about quitting the race. He is just looking for a reason to quit the race and he knows Kamala will definitely be running.

7 posted on 09/14/2026 4:02:20 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: Texas Eagle

Dod Gavin touch Tapper’s poll?


8 posted on 09/14/2026 4:02:33 PM PDT by Kudsman (Killing and raping infidels, it's a cultural thing. )
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To: Kudsman

Notice the shirt that Newsom is wearing. At least Tapper is wearing a much more appropriate shirt for fishing than Newsom’s laughable shirt.


9 posted on 09/14/2026 4:05:48 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: PJ-Comix

2028 is shaping up to be a cakewalk for Vance, if he doesn’t self-destruct first by tying himself to the likes of Tucker Carlson.


10 posted on 09/14/2026 4:07:07 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: PJ-Comix

Yeah. She’s such a heavy weight and all.


11 posted on 09/14/2026 4:08:16 PM PDT by albie
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Gavin Newsome wouldn’t know the truth if he caught it on a fishing trip. Why is Jake Tapper on fishing trips with politicians?


12 posted on 09/14/2026 4:08:24 PM PDT by blackdog (The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.)
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2028 is shaping up to be a cakewalk for Vance...

SWALWELL 2028!!!

13 posted on 09/14/2026 4:09:44 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: PJ-Comix

He was probably fishing for trouser trout.


14 posted on 09/14/2026 4:10:11 PM PDT by Henry Hnyellar
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He was probably fishing for trouser trout.

Is it just me but I find freshwater fish to be on the bland side compared to saltwater fish. Maybe the only freshwater fish I can appreciate is fried breaded catfish but that's pretty much it. As far as trout, I actually was friends of the folks that used to own Troutdale on the road from Calabasas to Malibu and they also found trout to be bland so they gave me a bunch of trout to cook and, yeah, bland compared to saltwater fish. Sorry to all you trout lovers out there.

15 posted on 09/14/2026 4:14:56 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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Have you ever tried perch? I’d drive 50 miles out of my way for a good feed of perch.


16 posted on 09/14/2026 4:21:34 PM PDT by BlueLancer (POOKIE'S TOONS - https://www.therightreasons.net/forum/35-todaystoons/)
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To: BenLurkin; PJ-Comix; FRiends

“A crook and a hooker. Great candidates for the ‘Rat party.”

And what’s MOST terrifying is that either could easily get’ 81 million votes’, as did Brandon!

*BARF*


17 posted on 09/14/2026 4:23:11 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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Have you ever tried perch? I’d drive 50 miles out of my way for a good feed of perch.

Have you ever tried PARIHUELA? It's a Peruvian seafood sort of soup. The reason why I say "sort of soup" is that it is much thicker than ordinary soup and is a reddish concoction packed with clams, octopus, squid, shrimp, and a bunch of other seafood including a giant prehistoric looking prawn on the edge of the bowl. One sip of it and you feel your body quickly change and a warm sense of well being radiates from your stomach to the rest of your body. The Peruvians along with the Japanese have a reputation for the BEST seafood cooking in the world.

18 posted on 09/14/2026 4:27:20 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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Maybe the only freshwater fish I can appreciate is fried breaded catfish but that's pretty much it.

You obviously have never had the luxury of tasting fresh, great lakes perch and walleye.......

19 posted on 09/14/2026 4:31:24 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (She's got freckles on her butt she is nice.)
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To: PJ-Comix

There are no words to describe the level of incompetency and lack of intelligence of these two. As such, the would indeed make an ideal Democrat Party ‘matched set of idiocy’ nominees to lead the US into its final days as a first-world nation. Who’da thought that “Idiocracy” was an accurate forecast our future?


20 posted on 09/14/2026 4:31:30 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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