California’s governor stood by President Biden to the bitter end, but is taking a less visible role in the Harris campaign so far.
Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to reporters in the spin room after a presidential debate between President Joe Biden and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump in Atlanta on June 27, 2024.LAist is facing a budget shortfall, but our mission to provide fact-based journalism is stronger than ever. We cannot do this important work without your member support today.
Newsom aides maintain that the governor always planned to take a break from the presidential race over the summer to concentrate on state issues and that he will begin campaigning for Harris after the convention. They also suggested that the change in his visibility appears more substantial because the Biden campaign relied so heavily on Newsom at the end, when few other Democrats were as willing to go to bat for the increasingly unpopular president.
Newsom was everywhere in late June and early July, as Biden fought to keep his reelection campaign afloat following a disastrous debate performance that stirred fellow Democrats to try to push him aside. California’s governor appeared on television to swat down concerns about Biden’s cognitive decline,initial responsebefore he publicly threw his support behind Harris, even as much of the Democratic Party swiftly closed ranks behind her.
The Campaign for Democracy launched last year with leftover funds from Newsom’s 2022 reelection committee, serving as a vehicle to raise money for Democratic parties and candidates across the country and also to promote the governor through his advocacy for pet causes such as aIt’s got to be chapping him that he’s not the guy. He needs to stay in the public eye and stay relevant.
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