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Gavin Newsom Announces His Decision On 2024 Presidential Campaign

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OPINION: This article may contain commentary which reflects the author's opinion.


There has been a ton of speculation as to the Democrat Party’s plans for the presidential election in 2024 and who its nominee will be.

Conventional wisdom would place the current president, in this case President Joe Biden, as the definite nominee, but conventional wisdom never had a man in his 80s as a first term president.

If he decides not to campaign, and he recently said he has not committed to it,  then conventional wisdom rears its head again and says that the vice president, in this case Vice President Kamala Harris, would be the nominee.

But her popularity is low and she has noticeable trouble making coherent speeches.

Enter California Gov. Gavin Newsom, as polished of a politician as one could imagine. Good looking, well spoken and in charge of one of the biggest states in the nation.

He looks like what you would get if a computer created a politician for you and has many Democrats salivating at the prospect of his candidacy.

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This weekend he was at the at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin on Saturday when he was asked if he would consider campaigning for president in 2024, Business Insider reported.

“Not happening, no, no, not at all,” he said. “I’ve said it in French, Italian. I don’t know German. I mean, I cannot say it enough. But thank you. It’s humbling. It is sweet. It’s a nice thing to be asked. I mean it, and I never trust politicians, so I get why you keep asking.”

“California, I mean, what a gift,” the governor said. “Forty million Americans strong. We talk about laboratories of democracy, and we’re able to scale ideas that have impact all across this country and around the world. I’m very proud of that privilege, and I don’t take it for granted one day.”

“I was almost recalled last year. They went after me hard. That’s sobering, and that wakes you up. How vulnerable, how fast this is, how people come and go, and you know, people cut you off,” he said.

And the California governor made more news last week, as he does appear to be angling for a national spotlight.

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has responded to a debate challenge from California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom as both increasingly become rivals on the national stage ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity Monday evening, DeSantis, a rising star in the GOP and increasingly popular in his home state, declined while taking a jab at the Golden State governor.

“I don’t know if they can reliably keep the power on so you go all the way up there and have a debate and then what ends up happening if they can’t keep the lights on?” DeSantis said mockingly, referencing California’s ongoing issues with power outages.

“So, you know, we’re happy with what we’re doing. You know what I will do though, Sean, my actions speak louder than my words. There are certain people that will preen and do that, I understand, [but] we get things done in Florida,” he said.

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The Daily Wire noted:

Newsom, who has repeatedly sought to elevate himself on the national political stage by attacking DeSantis, wrote a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland last week in which he made the dubious claim that DeSantis — who is a lawyer — potentially engaged in “kidnapping” by having the illegal immigrants transported out of Florida.

Newsom claimed without evidence that the migrants were sent with “the intent” to “humiliate[d] and dehumanize[d].” In fact, MSNBC reported Friday afternoon that the illegal immigrants were “not angry with Ron DeSantis” and that they are “actually thanking him for having brought them to Martha’s Vineyard.”

On Friday, DeSantis responded to the allegations by insinuating that Newsom uses an inordinate amount of hair gel that is “interfering with his brain function.”

Newsom countered with a debate challenge by retweeting a post from disgraced CBS News anchor Dan Rather.

“Hey @GovRonDeSantis, clearly you’re struggling, distracted, and busy playing politics with people’s lives,” Newsom wrote. “Since you have only one overriding need — attention — let’s take this up & debate. I’ll bring my hair gel. You bring your hairspray. Name the time before Election Day.”

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