California governor visits Pennsylvania for Biden campaign event

BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. (CBS, KYMA/KECY) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom is campaigning for President Joe Biden on Saturday at a rally in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Newsom was joined by State Sen. Steve Santarsiero (D-Bucks), State Rep. Tim Brennan (D-Bucks), Bucks County Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia and Ashley Ehasz, the Democratic candidate running to unseat U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-1st District).

Gov. Newsom said the rally “criticized Donald Trump’s attacks on our democracy and threats to our fundamental rights and freedoms.”

Governor Newsom told Biden supporters that this moment is existential, between daylight and darkness. He said former President Trump wants to take America back to the 1960s and that he wants things to get back to normal.

Biden and first lady Jill Biden will appear in Philadelphia on Sunday at a National Education Association (NEA) conference, their first joint event in Pennsylvania since the June 27 presidential debate.

Bucks County is widely considered the only remaining swing county in the Philadelphia region and is key for both presidential candidates.

This isn’t the first time Newsom has campaigned for Biden in 2024; he has been a frequent supporter of the president’s reelection campaign, even telling NBC’s Meet the Press in February that it was because of Biden’s age “that he’s been so successful” as president.

Newsom is among those mentioned as possible replacements if Biden steps aside and allows an open convention when Democratic delegates meet in Chicago next month.

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