Jerry Brown, former governor of California, refused to comment on Vice President Kamala Harris’ tenure when asked during a recent interview, despite his deep knowledge of California politics.
This is surprising given Harris’ significance as a powerful Democrat in the state’s history.
The interview also included Brown’s positive comments about President Joe Biden, implying he’s the party’s best bet to defeat former President Donald Trump.
KAMALA HARRIS: "The significance of the passage of time, right? The significance of the passage of time. So when you think about it, there is great significance to the passage of time…there is such great significance to the passage of time." pic.twitter.com/jUsnyNiSpB
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 21, 2022
Brown’s refusal to comment on Harris may be due to his close relationship with California Governor Gavin Newsom, who is considered Harris’ main challenge in the 2028 Democratic primaries.
“I would say [Biden is] the man of the hour. He’s there,” Brown said.
“I don’t have any great political strategy here of the Democrats,” he added. “It’s very challenging.”
Cringe. Kamala Harris doesn't get it.
Holt: "Do you have any plans to visit the border?"
Harris: "We've been to the border. We've been the border."
Holt: "YOU haven't been to the border."
Harris: "…..and I haven't been to Europe. I don't understand the point you're making." pic.twitter.com/fFXMf8X0b6
— Andrew Clark (@AndrewHClark) June 8, 2021
“Asked his view of Vice President Kamala Harris, who got her start in California politics, Brown stiffened a bit,” NBC noted.
“The garrulous ex-governor who freely opined on U.S.-Chinese relations, global threats and even Gregorian chants (keep reading) had nothing at all to share about a fellow Californian who is next in the line of presidential succession,” the report added.
“I do not have a thought on that topic,” he said.
KAMALA HARRIS: "The United States shares a very important relationship, which is an alliance with the Republic of North Korea." pic.twitter.com/H2dI5UYOlo
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 29, 2022
Additionally, Harris’ low popularity in the polls compared to Biden’s could be a factor.
“Brown and Newsom are members of a political fraternity that dominated their shared hometown of San Francisco for much of the 20th century,” the Los Angeles Times said previously.
“Former Gov. Pat Brown, the current governor’s late father, was elected that city’s district attorney in 1943 after a campaign financed by three friends, including William A. Newsom II, the governor-elect’s grandfather and son of a prominent builder and bank investor,” the Times added.
“‘If they hadn’t agreed to put up $5,000 [each], I wouldn’t have been a candidate,’ Pat Brown said in a 1978 interview for UC Berkeley’s oral history project.”
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