2028 Dem Hopeful Already Sniping At Another Potential Candidate

Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is taking shots at fellow rumored 2028 presidential candidate and Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, according to The New York Times.

Beshear ripped Newsom for having Steve Bannon appear on Newsom’s new podcast while the Kentucky governor was attending a Democrat policy retreat on Thursday, arguing that platforming someone like Bannon does more harm than good, according to the Times. Many have speculated that Newsom’s upstart podcast, in which he invites right-of-center guests to discuss life and 🏛️Politics, is a thinly-veiled effort to refine and bolster his image in the public’s eye ahead of the 2028 race for the White House.

“Newsom bringing on different voices is great, we shouldn’t be afraid to talk and to debate just about anyone,” Beshear said, according to Politico. “But Steve Bannon espouses hatred and anger, and even at some points violence, and I don’t think we should give him oxygen on any platform, ever, anywhere.”

Several early surveys conducted in 2025 have found that Democrat voters seem to prefer Harris as the party’s standard bearer for 2028, with former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg typically ranking a distant second, according to Newsom, according