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Biden warns Californians that Larry Elder, Gov. Gavin Newsom's top GOP challenger, is "the clone of Donald Trump."

  President Joe Biden had a stark warning for overwhelmingly blue California on the eve of the state’s gubernatorial recall election. In his stump speech for Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) in Long Beach, California on Monday, Biden emphasized the consequences of failing to vote against the recall, which would allow far-right radio host and leading GOP challenger Larry Elder to become governor. THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, Long Beach.  It’s good to be back. AUDIENCE:  Joe!  Joe!  Joe! THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  Well, I’ll tell you what — AUDIENCE:  Joe!  Joe!  Joe! THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  Thank you.  You all have been standing a long time.  And, I tell you what, you know, the governor and I have a lot in common: We both married way up.  (Laughter.)  Jennifer, thank you for the welcome.  Thank you for what you do.  And thank you for becoming friends with Jill. I’m Jill’s husband, Joe Biden.  (Appl...

The vice president faced some demonstrators as she campaigned for California's embattled Democratic governor

  California Gov. Gavin Newsom has been doing everything he can to persuade women to vote "no" on  the Republican effort to oust  him in Tuesday's recall election, and in  Vice President Kamala Harris  on Wednesday he got his most high-profile surrogate to date to help deliver that message. The former California senator, who remains enormously popular among Democratic women and progressive voters of color, argued that the national consequences of this election could be huge if Newsom is replaced by a Republican. "You have to understand that this recall campaign is about California, and it's about a whole lot more," Harris said, trying to nationalize the race by voicing her outrage about the conservative agenda, particularly Texas' restrictive abortion law that went into effect last week. In her biggest political event since she and President Joe Biden won the 2020 election, Wednesday's rally also gave the vice president the chance to test-drive a ...