Never one to miss an opportunity to try to spin a disaster into a victory, as he has been trying to do for years with his state of California as it falls apart at its seams thanks to horrible government policy and constant crime that makes it seem like a wasteland, California Gov. Gavin Newsom tried to tell reporters that Biden had won the first presidential debate on the “substance.”
Such is what Governor Newsom claimed when speaking after the Thursday, June 27, debate in Atlanta, speaking alongside Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock to a large group of reporters. Both tried to claim that the debate had really gone okay for Biden, instead of being the disaster everyone saw it as, with Newsom saying he won on the substance.
In fact, Newsom claimed that Biden’s points were like “daylight” as compared ot the “darkness” of former President Donald Trump, saying, “To me, that was daylight and darkness … I care about substance. This is not about style … Biden not only asserted himself, he reminded people of his accomplishments and his vision for the future.”
Similarly, in a fundraising pitch for Biden on Friday, June 28, Gov. Newsom said, “I am old fashioned, but on the substance Joe Biden won the debate last night. That is what matters to me.” He continued, “All this other talk … it’s unhelpful and unnecessary.”
Watch Newsom talk about the “substance” here:
MSNBC host Alex Wagner, responding to Newsom’s claims about the “substance,” then asked, “I feel like, on the signature issue that Democrats have, which is abortion, the President’s response was garbled and undirected, at best. Do you feel like he did what he needed to do on an issue that could motivate voters at the polls?”
Newsom told him, “I think it’s significantly insignificant, because it’s de minimis, because the American people have made up their mind. They don’t support the policies of Donald Trump. They certainly don’t support his policies or his assertion somehow that the American people always wanted this to be states’ rights, which is laughable and absurd. So, from that perspective, I don’t think that will matter.”
He added that he thinks Democrats should “worry less and do more. We have the opportunity to turn the page, we have the opportunity to put our heads down, we have the opportunity to universally have the back of this President, who’s had our back. You don’t turn your back. You go home with the one that brought you to the dance, 100%, all in. And I was very, very proud that he was able to articulate the work that he has done and lay a foundation of understanding of the lies and the deceit that continue to come out of Donald Trump’s mouth.”
Wagner then asked about Biden stepping down. He asked, “You were out there getting a chorus of questions about whether Biden should step down. There is panic that has set in among people who have watched this debate, who are Democrats, people who are strategists, and some, even inside Democratic campaigns. Do you think it’s unfounded?”
Newsom told him, rambling about democracy at the end, “I think it’s unhelpful. And I think it’s unnecessary. We’ve got to go in, we’ve got to keep our heads high, and as I say, we’ve got to have the back of this President. You don’t turn your back because of one performance. What kind of party does that? It’s been a masterclass, 15.6 million jobs, that’s eight times more than the last three Republican presidents combined. The only thing the last three Republican presidents have in common is recessions. Democrats delivered. This President has delivered. We need to deliver for him at this moment. With all due respect, the more time — we start having these conversations, go down these rabbit hole[s], [it’s] unhelpful to our democracy, the fate and future of this country, and the world.”
Watch that here:
"*" indicates required fields