The California governor is both a staunch defender of the president and frequently mentioned as a potential successor should Biden decide not to run again.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom walks through the spin room at Georgia Institute of Technology's McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta on Thursday shortly before former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden met in a 2024 debate hosted by CNN. | Francis Chung/POLITICOSACRAMENTO, California — Gov.
“Governor Newsom will head to White House tomorrow to attend the Governors meeting and to stand with the President,” a spokesperson for the California Democrat said late Tuesday. As White House aides scramble to tamp down fears about the president’s cognitive abilities in the wake of Thursday’s shaky debate performance, Biden will gather withand congressional leaders Wednesday evening. The meeting follows a Monday call when two dozen Democratic governors gathered to discuss among themselves how they should respond to the crisis situation. Newsom, whose name frequently appears in polls alongside other Democratic surrogates like Michigan Gov.
Newsom has continued offering vocal — and financial — support for the Biden campaign in the days since the debate, for the president and the Democratic National Committee in the hours after it aired. Meanwhile Newsom did his best to ignore intense speculation about whether he would step in to replace the president on the Democratic ticket.
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