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Following the decision of the CNN Presidential Debate, Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., fired backmost astatine reporters erstwhile asked if helium would enactment the thought of replacing President Biden.
"I would ne'er crook my backmost connected President Biden. Never crook my backmost connected President Biden. I don't cognize a Democrat successful my enactment that would bash so. And particularly aft tonight, we person his back," Newsom said.
"We run, not the 90-yard dash. We are each in. We're going to treble down successful the adjacent fewer months. We're going to triumph this election," helium continued.
When questioned astir Biden's performance, Newsom said helium cared astir "the substance."
Left: President Biden. Right: California Gov. Gavin Newsom. (Getty Images)
"How astir the substance? I attraction astir the substance. I attraction astir the substance," Newsom said without explaining what helium meant.
Newsom assured reporters that helium was not going to crook his backmost connected the president and was assured helium was acceptable to beryllium the country's leader.
"I spent a batch of clip with him. I cognize Joe Biden, I cognize what he's accomplished successful the past 3 and a fractional years. I cognize what he's susceptible of. And I person nary trepidations," Newsom said.
Gov. Gavin Newsom and his woman Jennifer Siebel Newsom, photographed with President Biden, person been joined since 2008. (David McNew)
Leading up to the debate, rumors continued to swirl that Newsom, a imaginable campaigner for president successful 2028, had been tapped arsenic a Biden surrogate starring up to the November statesmanlike election.
Back successful February, podcast big Joe Rogan speculated the Democratic Party was preparing to swap retired Biden with Newsom connected the 2024 statesmanlike ticket.
"Don’t you deliberation that that’s a ruse, him moving for president?" Rogan asked, aboriginal arguing, "I deliberation they’re gonna get escaped of him, I deliberation they’re gonna determination him out, they’re gonna unit him to measurement down. That’s what I think."
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Gov. Gavin Newsom with President Joe Biden (Getty Images)
Following the debate, Newsom brushed disconnected concerns about Biden’s performance, saying "we’ve each had those nights" and that the president has repeatedly pushed done concerns astir his age.
"He ne'er gives up. He’s ne'er giving up, warring for us, warring for democracy, our aboriginal kids, our grandkids. So we’ve got to person this backmost successful this respect. And yeah, I anticipation helium does travel back, and I anticipation helium is backmost connected the signifier successful different debate," helium told MSNBC’s Alex Wagner successful a post-debate interview.
When pressed if helium was "ready to instrumentality connected Donald Trump," hinting that helium could beryllium a imaginable replacement for Biden, Newsom again denied the rumors and gave his afloat enactment to the president.
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"Absolutely not. I volition ne'er crook my back. That's my idiosyncratic constituent of view. I bash not know 1 Democrat that would bash that," Newsom said.
Fox News Digital' Alexander Hall contributed to this report.
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