Gavin Newsom flounders ahead of 2028 and reminds voters why doesnt deserve to be president

California Gov.Gavin Newsom continues to flounder ahead of his seemingly inevitable campaign for president — the one he wavered on and jeopardized during a recent conversation with CNN’s Jake Tapper.With the pair standing in a stream casting fishing lines, Newsom dropped a bomb: If former Vice President Kamala Harris, his fellow Californian and longtime frenemy, runs again, he wouldn’t.Tapper was flabbergasted.“If she runs, you will not?” he asked incredulously.“Of course not.

Why would I?” replied Newsom.“I wouldn’t do that to her, I wouldn’t do that to you, I wouldn’t waste everyone’s time.

Who needs that?”Tapper came back with the obvious follow-up: “What do you mean? That doesn’t even make sense to me.”The Golden State executive submitted that he and Harris would cannibalize each other, clearing the path for another candidate ..

.before undermining his entire point by agreeing that the 2024 Democratic nominee already had her shot.“That’d be the case you’d make — pretty good one, actually.

You know, that’s objectively true,” he posited.It didn’t take long for the mask to slip, did it?This whole backhanded, too-clever-by-half tribute to a two-time loser betrayed both Newsom’s lackluster political instincts and his fatal flaw as candidate.In the unlikely case Newsom meant what he said and Harris does think the third time’s a charm, he’s boxed himself in.This is a man who’s been itching to run for president since the womb, and he’s never going to have a better chance than he will this coming cycle.With his term in Sacramento coming to a close, Newsom will never be more recognizable than he is today.If he sits this one out, he’ll have to wait another six to 10 years before making his move — by which time he’ll be not just old news, but ancient history.Worse still, if he has every intention of running and Harris does too, he’s already compromised the integrity of his campaign.There’s the small matte...