Gavin Newsom says he would ‘relatively have Biden at 100 than DeSantis at any age,’ mocks Republican for dropping to Trump by ’41 factors’ in Florida and yells at him for getting Kamala’s identify in back-and-forth over 2024

California Gov. Gavin Newsom mentioned he was all-in for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ reelection marketing campaign Thursday evening, whereas mocking Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for trailing former President Donald Trump badly. 

Newsom and DeSantis took half in a pink state-blue state governors’ debate on Fox Information Channel Thursday evening, which was moderated by Sean Hannity. 

The California Democrat hit again when DeSantis, 45, mentioned that 81-year-old Biden was ‘in decline’ and thus a ‘hazard’ to the nation. 

‘I might take Joe Biden at 100 versus Ron DeSantis any day of the week at any age,’ Newsom mentioned. 

Newsom additionally requested DeSantis how his main battle towards Trump was going, stating, ‘you are down 41 factors in your house state,’ whereas slamming the Florida governor when he flubbed the pronunciation of Harris’ first identify. 

‘Disgrace on you, it is Ka-mala Harris, Ron, it is Ka-mala Harris. Madame vp to you,’ Newsom mentioned. 

On the high of the talk, Newsom took an early swipe at DeSantis by saying that neither participant onstage that night can be their celebration’s presidential nominee. 

‘There are profound variations tonight and I stay up for participating,’ DeSantis mentioned. ‘However there’s one factor, in closing, that we have now in frequent is neither of us would be the nominee for our celebration in 2024.’ 

Newsom, 56, predicted that Biden would grow to be the Democratic nominee ‘in a matter of weeks.’

‘In a matter of weeks, Sean, he’ll be endorsing Donald Trump because the nominee within the Republican Celebration,’ the California Democrat mentioned of DeSantis. 

Biden is being challenged by Rep. Dean Phillips and self-help guru Marianne Williamson and leads Williamson, who’s presently in second place, by 61 factors, whereas DeSantis is trailing Trump nationally, on common, by round 48 factors. 

Florida Atlantic College launched a ballot this month that had Trump 41 factors forward of DeSantis, like Newsom mentioned.  

At instances throughout the debate, nevertheless, Newsom was pressed on whether or not he held ambitions for larger workplace. 

‘You’ll not admit it. Admit that you simply’re operating,’ DeSantis instructed Newsom at one level, including at one other that Newsom is aware of Biden is in decline which is ‘why he is operating a shadow marketing campaign. ‘

Hannity pushed that narrative too, asking Newsom what would occur if Democrats on the conference tried to appoint him. 

‘I do not know what number of instances I can say it,’ Newsom huffed. ‘Simply making these items up a couple of shadow marketing campaign.’

‘It isn’t even non-obligatory,’ he continued. 

‘He is doing fantastically,’ he mentioned of Biden. ‘I respect and respect the work the president’s doing and the vp, the Biden-Harris marketing campaign and group, so completely unequivocally stay up for persevering with to help their effort. President Biden shall be reelected and President Trump shall be rejected.’

Each Hannity and DeSantis pushed that Biden, who turned 81 earlier this month, was in cognitive decline.

‘He says Joe Biden is one hundred pc as much as the job. that that is not true. Anyone who can look. He desires you to consider him over your personal lyin’ eyes,’ DeSantis mentioned. 

DeSantis additionally hit Newsom over his latest journey to China. 

‘I might not go to China and grovel in entrance of Xi like Gavin Newsom did,’ DeSantis mentioned trying into the digital camera. ‘He says China is a accomplice on local weather change?’ 

‘China is laughing at us,’ DeSantis mentioned. 

Newsom responded by saying, ‘I confronted Xi on the difficulty of fentanyl’ and introduced up the nation’s human rights abuses with the ‘international minister and the vp and different leaders in China.’  

Once more citing DeSantis’ faltering place within the polls, Newsom referred to as consideration to the GOP hopeful’s feud with rival Nikki Haley, the previous U.N. ambassador and South Carolina governor, over who’s been extra pleasant towards Chinese language companies.

Newsom referred to as out the Florida governor’s ‘hypocrisy.’  

‘That is only a reminder, I feel it is a query that some individuals in all probability ask and I do know Nikki Haley’s marketing campaign is asking. When are you going to drop out and a minimum of give Nikki Haley a shot to take down Donald Trump and this nomination?’ Newsom requested. 

Politifact discovered no proof that DeSantis, as Florida governor, courted Chinese language companies in latest months like Haley claimed.