Gavin Newsom claims he ‘never had’ concerns about Biden’s capacity — except for one glaring incident

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom claimed Sunday that he “never had” any doubt about former President Joe Biden’s mental capacity to run the country — except after that one little infamous California fundraiser. At the June 2024 fundraiser in Los Angeles, the then-prez didn’t recognize megawatt celeb, co-host and longtime pal George Clooney — leaving the actor “shaken to the core,’’ a book co-authored by CNN’s Jake Tapper has said . Newsom, asked on NBC’s “Meet the Press” whether he ever had