Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) mentioned throughout a current tv look that California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) could be a “viable” White Home candidate for Democrats if he decides to run for president in 2028.
Clyburn agreed, when requested, if Newsom could be an “efficient” messenger for the Democratic Occasion.
“He is been that for a while now. Gavin Newsom has established a document in California that’s enviable,” Clyburn mentioned whereas on CNN’s Laura Coates Reside. “He is been across the nation over the past a number of years carrying the message of the Democratic occasion, and I believe he will probably be a viable candidate going ahead, if he have been – have been to run.”
Newsom kicked off his two-day tour of South Carolina on Tuesday, visiting rural counties, taking photographs and fascinating with voters within the northeastern a part of the state. The California governor, who has lengthy been considered one of many high contenders to be the occasion’s nominee within the subsequent presidential election, mentioned that Democrats have to be open to discussing their views with those that maintain opposing viewpoints.
“I believe it’s actually vital for Democrats that we spend time in components of our states, components of our nation, that frankly, we haven’t spent sufficient time in, and in order that’s why I’m right here,” Newsom told attendees at an occasion in Florence, S.C.
Newsom, who was in the state in early 2024 when he stumped for then-President Biden, additionally slammed President Trump’s “huge, stunning invoice,” pointing to the massive cuts in Medicaid.
“We are able to speak concerning the huge, stunning betrayal. The most important well being care cuts in American historical past, simply occurred. They’re celebrating that success. Reducing meals on wheels. Eliminating for tens of millions and tens of millions of individuals entry to meals,” the California governor said on Tuesday.
“Our kids’s entry to meals. Stacking debt to likes of which none of us may have ever imagined. The best switch of wealth in American historical past. All for tax cuts for firms and billionaire that weren’t even asking for them,” Newsom added. “That’s the world we live in at present.”
CNN’s Omar Jimenez requested Clyburn if Newsom, who’s term-limited, could be a “sturdy” candidate for president. The veteran South Carolina Democrat pointed to Newsom’s occasion in Camden, S.C., the place the gang exceeded Clyburn’s expectations.
“Properly, I used to be with him in Camden this night, and I went there anticipating a modest crowd on a Tuesday afternoon, and this was in reality his, I believe, sixth or seventh cease of the day,” Clyburn mentioned. “It was an overflowing crowd of individuals, a few of whom I’ve by no means seen at an occasion like this earlier than and so I do suppose persons are listening to him and they’re listening to the Democratic Occasion in an enormous approach.”