Ted Lieu: Newsom would be ‘great’ 2028 presidential candidate

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) would be a “great” presidential candidate for the Democratic Party in 2028. 

At the Hill Nation Summit, Lieu told Nexstar Media Group’s Raquel Martin that Newsom, who has been often floated as one of the leading contenders for Democrats, has done a good job at pushing back against President Trump’s immigration agenda. 

“Gavin Newsom has been a fantastic governor of California. I was honored to have worked with him when I was in the state Legislature. He was the lieutenant governor, and he is really highlighting the illegal behavior of the Department of Homeland Security, of ICE agents and border patrol agents,” Lieu told Martin, referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

“They cannot simply just go after someone because of their skin color, and that's what they're doing,” he said.