September 20, 2025

"As for California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Harris wrote that he told her he was hiking and would 'call back' but 'never did.'..."

"Newsom addressed the excerpt during a news conference Friday in California, downplaying any tension with Harris and ribbing a reporter for asking about it. 'Trivial doesn’t even begin to describe how inconsequential my comments are about to be,' Newsom said, going on to confirm he was hiking and saying he missed a call from an unknown number. 'At that exact same moment, [I] was working with my team to put out a statement to endorse her. I assume that’s in the book as well.'"

From "Harris book ignites tensions with potential 2028 presidential rivals/In her upcoming memoir, Harris recounts her presidential campaign, offering blunt observations of top Democrats she could face as future opponents" (WaPo).

What a great line: Trivial doesn’t even begin to describe how inconsequential my comments are about to be.

ADDED: Also in that article: "Harris portrayed [Josh] Shapiro as overly ambitious and confident, a characterization that a Shapiro spokesman, Manuel Bonder, called 'simply ridiculous.'" What's wrong with being ambitious and confident... other than the worry that he'd outshine her? Anyone capable of serving as President is going to be "ambitious and confident." I assume Bonder mean it's ridiculous to think those qualities are bad and not it's ridiculous to think Shapiro has them. 

33 comments:

rhhardin said...

That's news in general. The news claims to know what is important.

Money Manger said...

I find it surprising that some politically intelligent people still think she has even the slightest chance of being the Democratic presidential candidate for 2028.

RCOCEAN II said...

Newsome will be her rival in 2028. So, making him look bad is job 1.

RCOCEAN II said...

I'll say this for Newsome, at least he was really hiking. And not "Hiking the Appalachian Trail". Which of course shows what clowns the Republicans are compared to the Democrats. Serious Pols vs. Not serious. Even more incredible - Republicans in SC voted him into Congress after he left the Governorship. Then got rid of him, when predictably turned out to be a RINO flake.

Political Junkie said...

I don't like Gavin, but think more of him after reading his comments to Harris.

Randomizer said...

Harris seems to think that she is a power player, when she is really just a pawn that was occasionally useful.

Humperdink said...

Assuming Gavin runs, his strategy will have to be that he never heard of California.

john mosby said...

Newscum: “ Trivial doesn’t even begin to describe how inconsequential my comments are about to be.”

That should be his masthead motto! CC, JSM

Not Illinois Resident said...

Kamala managed to have a successful political career as trophy black woman candidate despite lack of true talent, leadership skills, or strategic thinking. Appalling to think America nearly had its first woman president who traded on her looks and sexual availability for political advancement and higher political office.

Kamala's book excerpts suggest she still believes her relative success was earned, not gifted to her on silver platter. Kamala's book is proverbial "burning down the house" revenge foisted upon all the national democratic leaders who failed to deliver her the presidency despite her own significant failings and obvious shortcomings apparent during her campaign.

Yet WPO reader comments indicate democratic party membership still hasn't learned much from Kamala's defeat in 2024. The Silent Majority rejected Kamala, rejected her progressive liberal politics, rejected Biden administration's harmful governance.

Peachy said...

Glad the loser picked another loser. Walz is creepy corrupt and a compete loser.

Clyde said...

A People choose other A People. B People choose C People. Biden was a C, Kamala was a D. Shapiro was probably a B, so what did that leave her but Walz?

narciso said...

it was the South Park Dolphins that picked her, change my mind

Humperdink said...

Regarding Harris’s VP choice of Walz, one think she could have had the pick of the litter, but I suspect the truly good candidates for VP informed the campaign they weren’t interested. Why go down in flames with this loser.

Walz was the worst VP candidate in my lifetime. No one close.

Aggie said...

I don't know who's responsible for this mess, but it's everybody besides me ! Not to mention, all of my other options at the time were worse.

Aggie said...

When they told Kamala she could have the 'pick of the litter', her first instinct was to hunt for the cat box.

Maynard said...

Kamala is a living demonstration that Xanax and alcohol permanently diminish most cognitive functions.

She really is a mess.

Achilles said...

Harris portrayed [Josh] Shapiro as overly ambitious and confident,

That is an interesting way to call him Jewish.

William said...

"Women of the world. Look at me. I got ghosted by the cute guy. If I looked like Margot Robbie, I would have gotten a prompt and courteous reply. Women of the world. Look to me. A vote for me is your revenge against all the men that have ghosted you. Our time is now.".........There aren't so many oppressed proletariat anymore. The vanguard of the revolution are ghosted women. They have the numbers and the anger to effect change.

narciso said...

her speeches seem like discarded scripts from Shonda Rimes soap scandal, such as they could be groked,

Limited blogger said...

Will be interesting to see how they keep Josh Shapiro at bay.

Wince said...

Didn't Biden have a similar problem with his cell phone when Newsom called him?

Harris portrayed [Josh] Shapiro as overly ambitious and confident, a characterization that a Shapiro spokesman, Manuel Bonder, called 'simply ridiculous.'

Didn't the Harris excerpt go so far as describe Shapiro already measuring the drapes of the VP office?

Mr. Majestyk said...

So Newsome was working with his team to put out a statement to endorse her while he was hiking?

Wince said...

What a great line: Trivial doesn’t even begin to describe how inconsequential my comments are about to be.

"The details of my life are quite inconsequential."

narciso said...

heh, that was good,

Iman said...

'Trivial doesn’t even begin to describe how inconsequential my comments are about to be,'

So… it’s just another day in the life of Shimmy Newsom…

Rob said...

Harris perceived Shapiro has overly ambitious and confident because that's how she perceives Jews.

Skeptical Voter said...

Trivial comments are what Gavin Newsom is best at.

Wilbur said...

Kamala's just trying to be what she can be, unburdened by what has been.
Harris has as much chance now to become President as Mike Pence.

Kakistocracy said...

It's amazing how reasonable, decently intelligent people can see things with their own eyes, but they are forbidden from saying it due to media narrative, groupthink, peer pressure, shaming, job/position loss, etc.:

Joe Biden was/is mentally deteriorating and unfit to be President.

Kamala Harris is unlikable, difficult to work with, and unqualified to be President.

The first sentence is now universally believed to be true. The 2nd is probably believed by the vast majority.

But in 2024, you absolutely could NOT say these things without being shunned, hated, and dismissed. If you did say them, you'd probably be called a racist and misogynist. Harris was even being compared to Barack Obama in August/September 2024.

Political ideology creates cognitive biases that prevent you from thinking clearly. We should all be aware of that and seek unbiased truth.

Iman said...

☝️Teh gosbull according to kak…☝️

narciso said...

ya don't say,

Kakistocracy said...

None of these people mentioned are going to be involved in 2028 except that some of them may be cannon fodder during the first debates that the new challengers can punch up to show they are new and different. Most are just neoliberal/neoconservative apparatchiks that are now all past their sell through dates.

And Kamala Harris owes the Democratic Washington establishment nothing. She did pretty well considering the Biden administration was a slow-motion train wreck. She should go about fashioning a new life.

Peachy said...

This is important for AOC's future:

OAC refused to vote for the anti-violence measure..
Instead, AOC viciously attacked Charlie kirk and used her altered / chopped Charlie Kirk Quotes to call him an antisemite a racist and a fascist.
The Ryan S. show/Denver - Ryan read the Charlie Kirk Quotes out loud. OUT LOUD. Kirk's quote reveal honestly that he is none of the thing’s AOC accuses him of being.
One guest on Ryan's show said - "I hope every top lawyer around the nation is on the phone with Erika Kirk right now ."

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