Gavin Newsom, working the spin room for Joe Biden, calls Republican debate ‘a clown show’

California Gov. Gavin Newsom didn’t wait for the start of Wednesday night’s Republican presidential debate before trashing the field of contenders, writing them off as “the JV team.” “Donald Trump is running away with this,” the governor said in an interview with CBS. “This is the XFL, and it’s entertainment I guess.” Newsom, once thought to be a potential challenger to President Joe Biden in 2024, served as his principal surrogate following the two-hour affair at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in southern California. “What a clown show,” he posted on X, formerly Twitter, before making...