Gov. Gavin Newsom insisted Monday that he will not run for president in 2024 and sought to quell speculation that he is seeking a spot on the Democratic presidential ticket by endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris.
“The answer is no,” the California Democrat told CNN on Monday when asked if he was considering running for president in 2024. “Unambiguously.”
Newsom maintains that he has never thought about a presidential run.
“No. I’m not that guy. I’m just not,” he said when Dana Bash asked him if he thinks he would make a good commander in chief.
The Golden State governor sparked speculation about his own White House ambitions earlier this year after appearing in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity and challenging Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to debate his state’s contrasting policies. .
California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks to reporters outside the California Natural Resources Agency in Sacramento, California, on October 7, 2022.AP
Newsom, 55, also said Monday that he believes Harris, 58, is “absolutely” the best person to be President Biden’s running mate in 2024.
“Of course it is,” he said. “Biden-Harris Administration, Performance Masterclass. “Bipartisan deals on infrastructure, bipartisan deals on guns and the debt ceiling, on the CHIPS Act and Science.”
“I mean, by definition, if I believe that this administration, the last two, two and a half years, has been one of the most outstanding in the last few decades, and she is a member of that administration, she can recognize and claim credit. to a large part of that success. The answer is absolutely,” she said.
Vice President Harris waves after preparing to depart LaGuardia Airport following the annual 9/11 commemoration ceremony at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum on September 11, 2023. Getty Images
Newsom argued that Democrats must “stop navel-gazing about Joe Biden and move on.”
“Let’s get on the train. This train has left the proverbial station,” he said.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dodged a question from the same network last week when asked if the historically unpopular Harris is the best person for Biden, 80, to be on the ticket in 2024.
“He [Biden] I think so,” Pelosi told CNN’s Anderson Cooper. “And that’s what matters”.
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