California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was concerned about the “overreach” of Donald Trump’s hush money trial and suggested focusing on the former president could give him an electoral advantage. .
MSNBC host Jen Psaki asked the governor about the “chorus” of people who think the hush money trial will only help Trump politically, which she said is driving the governor “insane.” . She wondered what Newsom would tell voters who are still undecided about why this case matters to them.
Mr. Newsom insisted that should be important, but Mr. Trump said, “I don’t care if I’m a hero or a heel. I just want to be a star.”
“As we focus on him, I’m worried that he has a slight advantage electorally. So I’m a little worried that the day-to-day luxuries will pass. I get that, “I totally get it. The consequential nature of criminal justice is profound and large in some sense, but it’s not bigger than democracy, it’s bigger than Dobbs,” the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. He mentioned it with reference to.
Gov. Gavin Newsom said focusing on Donald Trump through the hush money trial could give him an electoral advantage. (Screenshot/MSNBC)
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Newsom said focusing on President Trump is less important than getting RFK Jr. to vote in Michigan, a key battleground state.
“So, I tend to fall into that camp. A little less is more, and it has to do with our obsession, no matter how wrong-headed, malicious, or malicious, to do something. “His current position may be destiny because he’s focused on shining an even brighter light on those who are looking,” Newsom said of Trump.
Psaki opened the debate by saying that President Trump would be forced to “sit silently through the criminal proceedings” as jury selection is completed this week and opening arguments begin on Monday.
Fox News Digital earlier reported that 12 jurors were seated on Thursday, the third day of jury selection, and that all alternate jurors had been selected and sworn in by Friday.
Former President Donald Trump attends the first day of his criminal trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 15, 2024 in New York City. (Angela Weiss/AFP via AP Pool)
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Psaki also asked Newsom about RFK Jr.’s candidacy and whether he was worried about him hurting Biden’s chances.
“He’s a Kennedy. We respect the Kennedy family, at least I do,” he said. “At the end of the day, common sense will tell you it’s real. Jill Stein is real. Cornel West is real. We know that these parties were decisive. In this last election, these third parties were decisive.”
Newsom warned that Democrats would need to take it “very seriously” if RFK Jr. were to appear on the ballot in other states, especially battleground states.
California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks in Sacramento, California on January 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Villegas)
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Mr. Newsom told Mr. Psaki during the interview that he would focus much of his time on helping Mr. Biden win Arizona and Nevada, where he said abortion would play a big role.
