Overview
- Newsom, in a Thursday Axios interview later echoed by TMZ, dismissed talk that he and Kamala Harris dislike each other as "preposterous."
- He disputed a scene in Harris' campaign memoir and said he replied by text after her call when Joe Biden left the race, adding he has only read excerpts of '107 Days.'
- He praised Harris as "incredibly talented" and noted their long pattern from San Francisco politics that "when she goes, she goes first."
- He hinted that 2028 could be his turn and pointed to polling that puts both at the top of the Democratic field, with a UC Berkeley survey cited by TMZ showing him ahead.
- He has drawn several leaders from Harris' 2020 team into his orbit, a staffing overlap that strengthens his network and shapes perceptions inside the party.