President Biden praised California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday as Californians evacuated the state on high-speed rail amid speculation about whether Newsom would succeed Biden in the 2024 presidential election. We joked about the possibility.
Speaking at the White House during a meeting of the National Governors Association, Biden said, “We are building America’s first high-speed rail in California and Nevada,” and “I want to thank Governor Newsom for his leadership in this area.” ” he said.
“By the way, we don’t know how many people who left L.A. are going to be able to get there within two hours or if they’re going to come back,” Biden joked.
The proposed $12 billion Las Vegas-Los Angeles high-speed rail system would transport passengers between Las Vegas and Rancho Cucamonga and back in 2 hours and 10 minutes on trains traveling more than 200 miles per hour, according to the Nevada Department of Transportation. The purpose is to
Joe Rogan says Democrats are ‘preparing Gavin Newsom’ for 2024 presidential election
California Governor Gavin Newsom (left) and his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom meet with California Governor Gavin Newsom (left) after arriving at San Francisco International Airport ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference in San Francisco on November 14, 2023. President Biden. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
The trip will take place twice as fast as standard driving time, and officials plan to break ground on the project early this year in hopes of completing it in time for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The ministry added.
Podcast host Joe Rogan has become one of the latest figures to speculate whether Democrats are preparing to swap Biden and Newsom on this year’s presidential ticket.
Rand Paul: ‘I will never allow Gavin Newsom anywhere near the White House’
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas (left), California Governor Gavin Newsom (right), and Connecticut Governor Biden during a meeting with President Biden attending the National Governors Association Winter Meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Meet with Governor Ned Lamont. Washington, DC, Friday. (Reuters/Elizabeth Franz)
“Don’t you think it’s a ruse that he’s running for president?” Rogan said on a recent show, later adding, “They’re going to get rid of him, they’re going to move him, they’re going to force him to resign. “I think so. I think so,” he insisted.
“If I had to guess, and it’s just speculation, I think they have Gavin Newsom lined up for that,” he added.
President Biden spoke to the National Governors Association on Friday at an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. (AP/Evan Vucci)
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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, also weighed in on the speculation this week, telling an audience at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on Tuesday that he would “never let Gavin Newsom get anywhere near the White House.” Told.
FOX News’ Alexander Hall contributed to this report.
