Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) responded to the Democratic Party’s eleventh-hour change-up — replacing President Joe Biden with Vice President Kamala Harris without a vote and just days before the Democratic National Convention kicked off — and although he cracked a few jokes about it, he did not appear to be completely sold on or thrilled with the arrangement.
Newsom — who had at one point been rumored to be on the short list of potential candidates the Democratic Party might choose from if Biden bowed out — joined the hosts of the podcast “Pod Save America” while at the DNC, and they pressed him about “the switch.”
WATCH:
🚨Wow. Gavin Newsom mocks the Democrats’ coronation of Kamala Harris:
Host: “How are you feeling about the switch?”
Newsom: “We went through a very open process, a very inclusive process. It was bottom-up, I don’t know if you know that….