Newsom roasted online for 'staged' fly-fishing interview with CNN anchor where he dropped major 2028 hint

Social media users are taking jabs at California Gov.

Gavin Newsom over his latest political stunt — a recorded fly-fishing outing with a CNN anchor that the Democrat used to break news about his often-rumored presidential ambitions.

In the interview , recorded in Montana more than a month ago, CNN's Jake Tapper is seen with Newsom standing in shallow water, repeatedly casting fly reels while talking politics.

Newsom told Tapper he wouldn't run for president if former Vice President and failed 2024 presidential candidate Kamala Harris tossed her hat into the ring.

"Of course not.

Why would I?" Newsom said when asked whether he would run against Harris in a presidential primary.

"I wouldn’t do that to her.

I wouldn’t do it to me.

Why would I? I wouldn’t do that to you." "I wouldn’t waste everyone’s time.

Who needs that?" JENNIFER SIEBEL NEWSOM DODGES QUESTION ON HUSBAND GAVIN'S PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRATIONS Tapper pushed back, saying Newsom could do it if he really wanted to.

But the Golden State governor replied by saying that would be a "gift from God for everybody else," likely referencing those who don't want to see a Democrat win in November, and claimed a primary against the former nominee would be "mutually assured destruction." "I know her base of supporters.

I know her friends," Newsom said of the former U.S. senator from California.

"The zen diagram (sic) on that is just pure crossover.

It’s not — I wouldn’t do that to — I wouldn’t do that to people," he said, mixing up the Buddhist meditation practice with a Venn diagram, the visual tool where overlapping circles are used to show how groups are similar and different.