California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) described 2024 Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis as “functionally authoritarian” in a brand new interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd that broadcast on Sunday.
However when Newsom was pressed on who he believes is the most important menace to American democracy proper now, the governor stated it was Trump due to his need for revenge.
“I fear concerning the fetishness for autocracy that we’re seeing not simply from Trump, however world wide, and notably throughout this nation,” Newsom informed Todd.
“I’ve made the purpose about DeSantis that I believe he’s functionally authoritarian. I’m apprehensive extra, in lots of respects, about Trumpism which transcends nicely past his time period and time in tenure,” he added.
Todd requested Newsom which of the 2024 Republican rivals posed a “higher menace to democracy.”
Newsom stated he was “involved about democracy basically.”
“I believe the vengeance in Donald Trump’s coronary heart proper now’s extra of a menace,” he responded.
Trump in March informed supporters that if he received again the White Home, he would come for his or her detractors.
“I’m your retribution,” he stated.
Elsewhere within the interview, Newsom brushed apart rumors that he may substitute President Joe Biden because the Democratic candidate within the 2024 election.
Biden “goes to run,” he stated. “I believe there’s been a lot wallowing in the previous couple of months, and handwringing on this respect. However we’re gearing up for the marketing campaign. We’re trying ahead to it.”
