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Gavin Newsom stated that he will not seek the presidency in 2028 if Kamala Harris runs, as reported in an interview with CNN. Both are seen as leading candidates within the Democratic Party. Newsom emphasized that running against Harris would be counterproductive and a "gift from God" to their political opponents. He made this statement while fly fishing with Jake Tapper in Montana, reflecting on his readiness for a presidential bid and the importance of representing the current political moment effectively.
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Gavin Newsom, the California governor, will not run for president if former vice-president Kamala Harris does, he said in a forthcoming interview with CNN.
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he → run → CNN
Newsom and Harris, both from California, are widely viewed as two of the top establishment frontrunners in the coming Democratic presidential primary.
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Newsom → view → primary
Newsom, who terms out this year as governor, has increasingly portrayed himself as a foil to Trump and is widely viewed as positioning himself for a 2028 presidential bid.
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who → term → bid
But Newsom said running against Harris would waste voters’ time and act as a “gift from God” to their political opponents, he said.
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he → say → opponents
“I wouldn’t do that to her,” Newsom told Jake Tapper, a CNN anchor.
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Newsom → do → Tapper
“I wouldn’t waste everybody’s time.”
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I → waste → time
“The zen [sic] diagram on that, it’s pure cross over,” Newsom said.
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Newsom → ’ → that
“I wouldn’t do that to people.”
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I → do → people
Newsom said he considered running in 2024, but that he “wasn’t ready” and that he was still assessing whether he will be ready for the coming presidential primary.
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he → say → primary
“You have to meet the moment,” Newsom said.
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Newsom → have → moment
“You have to be honest with yourself.
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You → have → yourself
Do you represent the zeitgeist of the moment?
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you → represent → moment
Are you wasting everybody’s time?”
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you → waste → time
Newsom made the comments to Tapper while the two of them fly fished in the Bitterroot River of Montana, where Newsom’s in-laws own a ranch.
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laws → make → ranch
His apparent reluctance to challenge Harris belies his long push to gain a more prominent national profile.
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reluctance → challenge → profile
Newsom has adopted a more strident tone on social media, where he routinely takes jabs at Trump.
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he → adopt → Trump
He has cultivated political “influencers” to spread awareness of his message.
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He → cultivate → message
And he used a redistricting ballot initiative in California to help lead a national response to Trump’s attempts to manipulate the upcoming midterm elections by gerrymandering districts in conservative states to favor Republicans even more heavily.
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he → use → Republicans
Harris has stayed relatively quiet in comparison since losing her ill-fated presidential race against Trump in 2024, though she said publicly in July that she has yet to decide about whether to run.
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she → stay → July
She lost spectacularly to Trump in 2024, in an election tainted by Joe Biden’s late exit over concerns about his apparent cognitive decline.
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She → lose → decline
But Harris remains a household name and a serious contender for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Harris → remain → nomination
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