California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D.) on Tuesday expressed his disapproval of Vice President Kamala Harris referring to herself as the “underdog” in the November presidential election.
“My humble personal opinion is she’s not and I don’t like hearing about that,” Newsom said when asked in a CBS News interview whether he considers Harris to be the underdog.
“I don’t know what it is about Democrats. There’s a timidity,” the California governor added. “How about some pride? How about standing tall for the accomplishments? What Kamala Harris has done in the last eight weeks is unprecedented in U.S. history.”
Harris told attendees at a Labor Day rally in Pittsburgh not to “pay too much attention to those polls. … We are the underdogs in this race.” Her spokesman Brian Fallon echoed her sentiment in a Sunday post on X.
“Since she became the nominee, Vice President Harris has considered herself the underdog in this race,” Fallon wrote. “She continues to campaign with that mentality. A lot of work to do in these last 50+ days.”
Newsom, who has mostly stayed off the campaign trail since Harris’s sudden ascension to the top of the Democratic ticket over a month ago, is set to be in the debate spin room Tuesday evening on behalf of Harris after her debate against Republican nominee Donald Trump.
Original News Source – Washington Free Beacon
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