“I don't think we should give him oxygen on any platform, ever, anywhere,” the Democratic governor of Kentucky said of President Trump's former chief strategist.
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Governor Andy Beshear, a Kentucky Democrat, has been considered to be Kamala Harris' vice presidential running mate in the 2024 election and is considered a possible presidential candidate in 2028.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear took issue with California Governor Gavin Newsom's decision to invite Steve Bannon, one of the founders of the MAGA movement, onto Mr. Newsom's new podcast this week, saying Mr. Bannon's voice should not be raised “on any platform, ever, anywhere.”
Mr. Beshear, a Democrat who has been vetted to be former Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate in 2024 and is considered a possible presidential contender in 2028, made his comments Thursday, shortly before addressing House Democrats gathered this week for a planning retreat in Northern Virginia.
“I think Governor Newsom bringing in diverse voices is great,” Mr. Beshear told a small group of reporters. “We shouldn’t be afraid to speak up and argue with anyone. But Steve Bannon is preaching hate and anger and even violence at times, and I don’t think we should be giving him oxygen on any platform, ever.”
Mr. Beshear spoke at the conference along with two other Democratic governors considered possible 2028 presidential contenders: Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan.
Mr. Newsom is also considered a potential candidate in the 2028 election. This month, he began hosting a podcast featuring prominent conservatives, including Mr. Bannon, an ardent Trump supporter, and Charlie Kirk, who heads the conservative network Turning Point USA.
Mr. Newsom’s decision to host Mr. Kirk and especially Mr. Bannon received some pushback. Adam Kinzinger, a former Republican congressman who did not run for reelection in 2022 after becoming an outspoken Trump critic, said in a video that hosting them was “crazy.”
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