California’s Gavin Newsom sat down with Fox News’s Sean Hannity for a wide-ranging interview on Monday night that fueled speculation about his presidential aspirations – even as Newsom again said he had no plans to run for the presidency in 2024.
The Democratic governor’s decision to appear on Hannity confounded many of his supporters, but Newsom, who routinely spars with Republicans on social media, took the opportunity to defend his state’s record and its policies, with a senior adviser telling Politico that he viewed the interview as “going into the lion’s den”.
