Should Gavin Newsom Be Our 2024 Presidential Nominee

Who should the Democratic Party put up in 2024? Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

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Do you believe governors like Gavin Newsom, uh, Gretchen Whitmer Shapiro, should consider a president run, or should Democrats look elsewhere for the future of the party? So, I'm assuming, of course, that you're not necessarily talking about 2024 and you are referring to the future since you do mention the future of the party. Uh, I think they absolutely should, but I'll tell you one name that I think was left off this list. Uh, somebody who I'm, uh, uh, growing more and more fond of is Illinois Governor JB Pritzker. Uh, Pritzker recently signed a ban on book bans into law in the state of Illinois, the first in the country, the first Democrat to really take on these book bands by the right. And he did it in a state that, by the way, not necessarily like hardcore blue liberal state, like a California or, you know, uh, uh, in Oregon.

So by doing that in a state, especially one that is surrounded by a bunch of swing states, that takes courage, being the first in the nation to do it, that also takes courage. The kind of courage that I think is still sorely lacking within the Democratic Party. So if we're gonna talk about people that should run for governor, or excuse me, run for president in the future, I think JB Pritzker's name, uh, because of this move, it absolutely has to be on that list as well. Um, I have nothing against, uh, Gretchen Whitmer either. I think Whitmer has done a phenomenal job. She has faced tremendous opposition. She has had obviously, uh, some pretty massive hurdles, uh, you know, threats against her that she has overcome. She is a fighter, she is a warrior. She is strong, and that is also the kind of leader that we need.

So, I th and plus obviously being in Michigan, we're talking about a, a, a real state that does have impact that could swing either way in a presidential election. So having her out there could be very valuable. Gavin Newsom, I, I think at this point, like that's already a foregone, uh, conclusion. I think everybody is pretty much aware of the fact that eventually Gavin Newsom is of course going to run for president. Now, I haven't looked a whole lot, by the way, into Newsom's history. Uh, I will say, obviously on the surface, everything kinda looks okay, right? Like, eh, I probably had no problem with him running. But once you dig into these people's pass and you start to see everything, you know, you get a clearer picture. So I think Gavin Newsom, again, being somebody that I haven't fully looked into, I, I think there obviously could be some problems in there.

Not that everybody doesn't have problems, everybody does, don't get me wrong about that. Um, but, you know, he's Hess from a state that's gonna go Democrat whatsoever, uh, or, you know, regardless of what happens. So he doesn't bring any value in that regard. Like, he's not leading a state that could be a swing state. Like, we're gonna get those votes for a Democratic president no matter what. So it is important just strategically to try to pick somebody from an area where you have a chance at flipping, or the state has a chance at flipping the other way if you don't put up a good enough candidate. That's why, uh, Whitmer Pritzker, that's why those names are out there. Um, also governor of Colorado, unfortunately, whose name escapes me at the moment, I, I think he's pretty good. Um, and then of course, you got your, your house members, your senators.

I think Katie Porter would be a hell of a president of the United States. Um, Jeff Merkley, she Brown, you know, uh, I'm still Elizabeth Warren, right? I I, I don't wanna write her off yet either. So I think there are a lot of people, I think the Democratic Party's future is in good hands. If, and this is the big, if we get rid of the holdouts, we get rid of the holdovers, we get rid of the people that, oh, well, I put Bill Clinton into office, so I should be the smartest person here and everybody should listen to me.