After Thursday night’s debate, California Gov. Gavin Newsom made the rounds in the spin room as a surrogate for Joe Biden but ended up being the belle of the ball as Democrats desperately seek any alternative to the elderly president. Newsom vigorously defended Biden and quickly quashed any thoughts that he could replace Biden on the ballot then took his Twitter trolling to live TV with this gem:
When you have to say “I didn’t have sex with a porn star” you’re not winning the campaign — you’re losing. pic.twitter.com/kB0wQjw5Xl
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) June 28, 2024
Of course, Newsom then had to tweet out the clip (complete with Alex Wagner nearly drooling over him) with the insult written out.
Newsom hurled this out there despite having been in the uncomfortable – and losing – position of having to admit at a press conference back in February 2007 that he’d been…