Gov. Gavin Newsom took a dig at Kamala Harris for twisting the reality of what occurred in a supposed texting spat between the 2 in her memoir “107 days” — speculating there was a monetary motive.
The memoir, which recounts Harris’s 2024 presidential marketing campaign, solely gave “a bit shot as to the precise reality” of what occurred when Harris gave Newsom a name after she came upon Joe Biden dropped his presidential reelection bid, the governor mentioned in an interview with Axios on Thursday.
In her ebook, Harris claimed that Newsom texted her, “Mountaineering. Will name again,” however he by no means did. Newsom recounted issues in a different way.
“I keep in mind texting her again, and I mentioned, ‘Kamala, I’ve already put out a press release supporting you,’” he mentioned, including he was “the final particular person it’s essential to discuss to” as she put up a bid to exchange Biden.
“For no matter motive, she added that in, and it created some shade for the ebook,” Newsom added. “It actually helped her ebook gross sales, not my element half, however that ebook has accomplished unbelievably nicely.”
Newsom insisted the 2 Democrats have a fantastic relationship, regardless of it reportedly being marked by awkwardness and friction after the discharge of her memoir, based on the New York Occasions.
He mentioned their historical past goes again greater than 20 years as they rose the political ladder collectively.
He pointed to the actual fact he launched her on the final Democratic Nationwide Conference and formally gave her sufficient votes to safe the presidential nomination.
“It was the last word affirmation of that relationship,” he advised Axios, including that press and pundits “need to make one thing of that” spat.
Nonetheless, there have been hints of some pressure as the 2 navigate politically round one another. Newsom and Harris are each considered potential contenders for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination.
“When she goes, she goes first. And I’ve all the time understood that and that’s fantastic,” Newsom mentioned of the character of his relationship along with her.
The 2 is probably not simply competing politically but in addition when it comes to ebook gross sales. Newsom can also be selling his personal memoir, “Younger Man in a Hurry.”
The governor acknowledged he hasn’t totally learn Kamala’s ebook as a result of he was extra targeted on getting his out.
The California Submit reached out to Harris’s workplace for remark.
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