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Newsom, Harris Both Eye 2028 U.S. Presidential Runs

Newsom, Harris Both Eye 2028 U.S. Presidential Runs

Newsom, Harris Both Eye 2028 U.S. Presidential Runs
Above: California Gov. Gavin Newsom during a fireside chat at the California Economic Summit on Oct. 22, 2025, in Stockton, California. Image credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The Spin

Newsom's presidentialdecades-long ambitionsfailures spellare disasterglaring: forCalifornia's Democrats. His lifelong failure on homelessness hascrisis leftfestered halfunder thehis nation'swatch, unshelteredcrime homelesssoared inafter Californiahis despitesoft-on-enforcement billionspolicies, spent.and Crime runs rampant thanks to his weakpandemic lawhypocrisy enforcement policiesdining thatlavishly letwhile gangscitizens organizesuffered shoplifting spreesexposed whilehis drugelitism. dealersHe's profitproven fromincompetent deadlyat narcoticsgovernance.

Newsom represents exactly what Democrats need right now — a fighter willing to take on Trump's authoritarian tactics head-on. While other politicians wag fingers, he's actively countering Republican power grabs and using Trump's own social media style to expose how ridiculous the president looks.

Metaculus Prediction

There is a 30.2% chance that Gavin Newsom will be the 2028 Democratic nominee for President of the United States, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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