Newsom Defends Biden Over Debate: 'You Don't Turn Your Back Because Of 1 Performance'
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The California governor was previously considered a front-runner for the 2024 Democratic nomination in the event that Biden chose not run for reelection.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Thursday stood by President Joe Biden despite mounting concern within the party about his performance at the CNN debate.
During the 90-minute debate in Atlanta, Georgia, Biden gave rambling answers and appeared weak as he let former President Donald Trump’s lies about a whole host of issues, including the economy and the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, go unchallenged.
But Newsom, who was once considered a front-runner for the 2024 Democratic nomination in the event that Biden chose not to run for re-election, said the panic setting in among Democrats is “unhelpful” and “unnecessary.”
“We’ve got to go in, we’ve got to keep our head high and as I say, we’ve got to have the back of this president,” Newsom told MSNBC’s Alex Wagner. “You don’t turn your back because of one performance. What kind of party does that?”
Still, many people in the party feel like Biden failed to quell voters’ concerns about his age and his fitness to serve at a critical point in the campaign cycle as polls show him and Trump tied in a dead heat race, with some privately hoping he will choose to drop out and allow a younger candidate to take over the Democratic ticket.
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