(4 Jul 2024)
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South Haven, Michigan – 4 July 2024
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Gov. Gavin Newsom, (D) California:
"He did that with a smile on his face. It was more of a rhetorical framework of just being fit and rested because he was burning it at both ends that last last ten or so days (before the debate), and I think that was what he was reflecting is just a more steady focus on and being his energetic self. So I didn’t, it wasn’t a literal ‘at 8 o’clock I will doing things differently,’ it was more figurative."
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Gov. Gavin Newsom, (D) California:
"Look at his schedule, look at the fundraising things that you don’t see, all that work, work you’re doing behind the scenes, the phone calls you’re making all times of night, alliance management, everything he’s doing to prepare for NATO this week, what they’re doing to land a deal with Hamas and Israel. So that’s called human. And God bless. I like when a president acknowledges that they’re human. And so, I mean, I think people are reading in between the lines too much."
++BLACK FRAMES++
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Gov. Gavin Newsom, (D) California:
"Joe Biden, regardless of time of life as a quality of imagination where he’s delivered more than any president in my lifetime in just three and a half years. I care about, I’m old fashioned, I care about, you know, results and outputs and he’s produced. And so, you know, leave more objective minds to judge that. But I’m not looking for a performer in chief. I’m looking for a commander in chief."
Reporter (English): "Governor, if Joe Biden was to drop out, would you support Vice President Kamala Harris?"
Gavin Newsom (English): "Yeah, I don’t even like playing in the hypotheticals, because last night was about sort of locking down any doubt or ambiguity and then we start running in different directions, zigging and zagging and all that kind of speculation and that gets in the way of progress. It’s exactly and it’s a legitimate question and I respect appreciate it. But if you can appreciate my point of view that it’s very helpful and it’s exactly the question and answer that the Republican Party right now wants this to happen. And that kind of two-way conversation, give and take. I’m not going to play into that. Joe Biden’s our president, he’s said he’s all in. I double down and said I’m all in. And not only that, I’m here with you to prove it."
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STORYLINE:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom offered a forceful defense of embattled President Joe Biden on Thursday, telling Democrats in Michigan that the 81-year-old president has the record and energy to win a second term despite widespread doubts about his ability to campaign or govern effectively.
Newsom’s pitch at a local Independence Day picnic is part of a widespread effort from Biden’s reelection campaign and the White House to reassure party activists and the broader electorate that Biden is up to job after he appeared addled in his debate against former President Donald Trump.
Newsom’s plea highlights the tenuous balance for Democrats and party lieutenants like the 56-year-old governor: He has long been a top Biden campaign surrogate and was among the governors who rallied behind the president after a private White House session on Wednesday.
Yet Newsom himself is among those mentioned as potential replacements should Biden step aside and allow an open convention when Democratic delegates convene in Chicago next month.
The sources spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations.
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