Gavin Newsom defends President Joe Biden post-discussion Gavin Newsom: ‘We’ve got to get this back’

After the debate, Newsom brushed off concerns about Biden’s performance “I hope he is back on the stage in another debate.”

By Nicole Nixon

Jun 27, 2024 09:50 PM

 

Gov. Gavin Newsom defended president Joe Biden as an energetic, confident and competent leader in stark contrast to the former president Donald Trump during first Presidential debate in the general election of 2024.

Newsom who is thought to be a contender for president in 2028 has been selected for an Biden surrogate prior to the presidential election of November during which Biden was a candidate for president the second time against Trump.

Biden campaign Biden campaign was hoping to dispel doubts regarding the 81-year-old’s ability and age at the debate. However, after Biden frequently stumbled and faltered during the debate, television networks reported that Democratic agents were worried about Biden’s capacity to run a successful campaign.

After the debate, Newsom brushed off concerns regarding Biden’s performance, stating “we’ve all had those nights” and that Biden has often pushed back on concerns over his age.

“He never quits. He never gives up fighting for us fighting for democracy, our next children, our grandchildren. We need to get this back in this regard. Also, I do would like to see him return and that it’s on stage for another event,” he told MSNBC’s Alex Wagner in a post-debate interview.

Newsom was previously considered to be as a possible candidate for 2028. However, following Biden’s disastrous discussion performance in the debate, Newsom’s governor of 56 years was featured on a variety of media outlets as possible replacement for Biden on the Democratic ticket.

Reince Priebus, the former chair of the Republican National Committee, told ABC’s David Muir Democratic figures including Newsom and Michigan Governor. Gretchen Whitmer are “probably waiting by the phone” following Biden’s performance.

Yet, Newsom remained a staunch supporter of Biden.

“We must have the back of the President of the United States, Joe Biden, at this critical moment,” Biden stated. “And focus on tomorrow, focus on the future, focus on the vision that will ignite this country moving forward.”

“(Trump) wants to bring us back to pre 1960s world (regarding) voting rights, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, women’s rights, access to contraception,” Trump said. “That’s what we have to discuss. This is what’s on the ballot as well as democracy, the fate and the future of our country.”

In the lead up to the debate Newsom stated that “President Biden is confident. He has a track record and a plan towards the near future.” In the same time, he was critical of Trump’s use of name calling as “the rise in the maturation that has been exhibited by Donald Trump as he’s gotten older.”

Newsom also criticized her opposition to the “weaponization of clips” of the President skipping phrases or falling during public occasions.

In a recent instance, CNN anchor Erin Burnett asked Newsom about an video from an Hollywood event that shows the former president Barack Obama grabbing Biden’s hand to take him off stage. Newsom was quoted as saying that he had been “four feet away” from the stage, stood up for the president, saying he’d been up and about for hours and was just returning after his trip to the G7 meeting in Italy.

In response to questions about his praises for his cooperation and support for Trump in emergencies such as COVID-19 as well as wildfires, Newsom stated that he’d “work with anyone who wants to advance the cause of this country, my state and the world we’re trying to build,” however, he added that Trump “delivered because we had to go a long way to kiss the proverbial ring.”

However, the relationship has been deteriorating since Trump was removed from office the president stated.

“He’s calling me Newscum,” the governor claimed of Trump. “I believe my friend from 7th grade has called me Newscum. This is the rise in the maturation of Donald Trump as he’s gotten older.”

He was questioned about the record of Biden on immigration and the number of illegal crossings along the border in the last few months. Biden also claimed that the congressional Republicans of sabotaging an immigration agreement that was bipartisan in the wake of Trump declared its failure.

It’s an “failure of Congress to work with the President of the United States,” said Biden. declared, specifically focusing on Republican Speaker Mike Johnson. “(Biden) put out a plan and they refused to negotiate.”

Newsom the self-described border governor stated that border crossings are declining after Biden has signed an executive decision limiting immigration.

Democratic Representative Robert Gargia of Long Beach was also present as an Biden surrogate during the debate.

The original story was published the 27th of June, 2024 at 7:35 pm.

 

Nicole Nixon covers California politics for The Sacramento Bee. Before that, she was a reporter for more than 10 years covering the public broadcasting stations of Sacramento and her home town from Salt Lake City.