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While Gavin Newsom is being floated arsenic a imaginable replacement should President Biden driblet retired of the 2024 statesmanlike race, the wide politician whitethorn not beryllium the strongest campaigner to instrumentality connected erstwhile President Trump, a California governmental perceiver tells Fox News Digital.
Newsom whitethorn beryllium fashionable among Democratic leaders and the progressive caucus for the Golden State's wide policies, but it's unclear however fashionable helium would beryllium connected a nationwide ticket. In his ain state, Republicans person railed against the governor's policies connected the economy, homelessness and crime.
"Nevertheless, his popularity adjacent here successful California is sliding, with 1 caller canvass showing that a bulk of voters deliberation the state is headed successful the incorrect direction," California Policy Center president William Swaim told Fox News Digital.
"And he doesn't seem to person captured the nationalist party's enthusiasm arsenic thing much than a Biden surrogate," Swaim added. "There's this important strategical information for Democrats: Newsom brings thing to a nationalist ticket."
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President Biden and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (Getty Images)
Regardless of which Democrat runs for president, California's electoral votes volition spell to the Democrats, Swaim said, but if Democrats turned to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer oregon Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to apical the statesmanlike ticket, they could perchance triumph implicit their respective and precise important plaything states successful November.
Last year, Newsom debated Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hosted by Fox News' Sean Hannity. The 2 governors peculiarly exchanged blows implicit their states' antithetic approaches to taxes and handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, successful a statement with Trump, "he mightiness transportation undecideds who don't travel California authorities that he's worked miracles here."
"And similar Trump, he's a clever debater, a counterpuncher who shifts immoderate onslaught onto much hospitable terrain and past simply makes worldly up connected the fly," Swaim said. "That's a existent accomplishment – diabolical but effectual with low-information voters. You saw this successful his televised statement with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis: successful 1 instance, helium accused DeSantis of lying California has the nation's highest taxes. We each cognize the truth, and successful May, Newsom admitted the information and said the authorities has the highest taxes successful the nation."
Donald Trump arrives astatine Trump Tower, May 30, 2024 aft being recovered blameworthy connected 34 counts of falsifying concern records successful the archetypal degree. (Felipe Ramales for Fox News Digital)
Nonetheless, each eyes are connected his purported shadiness campaign, contempt Newsom's fervent assertion that helium supports the Biden-Harris ticket.
"I volition ne'er crook my backmost connected President Biden," Newsom said connected Thursday successful a remark that appeared designed to dispel rumors that he's moving a shadiness campaign. "I don't cognize a Democrat successful my enactment that would bash so. And particularly aft tonight, we person his back."
Newsom added: "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."
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to reporters aft the statement betwixt President Biden and erstwhile President Trump successful Atlanta, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Newsom is besides headed to New Hampshire to header a Democratic run lawsuit conscionable days aft the Biden-Trump statesmanlike debate, fueling much speculation that helium whitethorn beryllium preparing to measurement successful if Biden backs retired of the 2024 race.
The July 8 event, called the "Blue Summer Campaign Kick-Off," is being spearheaded by the New Hampshire House and Senate Democrats.
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New Hampshire is simply a cardinal plaything authorities successful the wide predetermination and Newsom, who is simply a apical surrogate for Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign, volition besides beryllium campaigning for the president and different Democrats up and down the summons during his halt successful the Granite State, according to sources acquainted with his plans.
Fox News Digital's Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
Jamie Joseph is simply a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital sum of the Senate.
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