{"id":2523823,"date":"2025-12-21T17:32:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T22:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-swings-at-newsom-and-harris-following-2028-endorsements-at-americafest\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T17:33:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T22:33:05","slug":"vance-swings-at-newsom-and-harris-following-2028-endorsements-at-americafest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-swings-at-newsom-and-harris-following-2028-endorsements-at-americafest\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance swings at Newsom and Harris following 2028 endorsements at AmericaFest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvance-swings-at-newsom-and-harris-following-2028-endorsements-at-americafest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2523823&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>JD Vance, Vice President of the United States, hinted at a potential run for president in 2028 during Turning point USA&#8217;s annual AmericaFest event.Tho he has not officially declared his candidacy, Vance received strong endorsements from Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk and Representative Anna Paulina luna. During his speech, Vance criticized likely Democratic contenders, including California Governor Gavin newsom and Vice President Kamala Harris, labeling them as ineffective and out of touch. He also took aim at several Democratic lawmakers, accusing them of being part of a system aimed at weakening voters. Vance addressed internal Republican divisions, emphasizing the importance of teamwork and unity within the party. Observers noted that Turning Point USA may focus on winning over <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >young women voters<\/a> as a key strategy for the 2028 election. Simultaneously occurring, speculation continues around Newsom and Harris&#8217;s prospects, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-job-approval-is-underwater-in-all-but-four-states-poll\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Job Approval Is Underwater In All But Four States: Poll\">recent polls showing<\/a> a competitive landscape for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rnc-launches-new-year-round-election-integrity-department-ahead-of-2024\/\" title=\"RNC creates year-round Election Integrity Department for 2024.\">upcoming presidential race<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Vance swings at Newsom and Harris following 2028 endorsements at AmericaFest<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2450454\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\">JD Vance<\/a> added to the rumblings that he could succeed President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4215513\/mtg-successor-loyalty-trump-white-house-gop\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> in 2028 on Sunday, dishing shots at some potential opponents in the next presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3927081\/erika-kirk-vance-president-2028-americafest\/\">vowed<\/a> to elect Vance as the next U.S. president during the organization&rsquo;s annual AmericaFest event, a call <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4135290\/anna-paulina-luna-vance-for-president-2028\/\">amplified<\/a> by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) during her speech. Vance hasn&rsquo;t entered the race yet, though he did predict the Democratic Party will pick &ldquo;a California liberal&rdquo; as its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-travel-lid-for-wednesday-an-hour-after-bobulinski-interview-airs\/\" title=\"Biden Calls Travel Lid for Wednesday an Hour After Bobulinski Interview Airs\">presidential nominee<\/a>, drawing boos from attendees.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3915698\/jd-vance-2028-election-presidential-primary-2026-midterms\/\">What can JD Vance do to stay ahead of the pack for 2028?&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4135252\/trump-blakeman-endorsement-new-york-governor\/\">Trump quickly endorses Blakeman for New York governor after Stefanik bows out<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4135231\/vance-gop-charge-blasting-bernie-sanders-killing-pediatric-cancer-bill\/\">Vance leads GOP charge in blasting &#8216;Grinch&#8217; Bernie Sanders for killing pediatric cancer bill: &lsquo;Really disgraceful&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;A California liberal who&rsquo;s presided over rolling blackouts, open borders, and unchecked violent gangs. They&rsquo;re just trying to settle on whether it&rsquo;s going to be Gavin Newsom or Kamala Harris. And in the meantime, what are the Democrats offering you in the meantime? I gotta say, ladies and gentlemen, they are not sending their best,&rdquo; Vance said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at Turning Point USA&rsquo;s America Fest <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/113yipkVOq\">https:\/\/t.co\/113yipkVOq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vice President JD Vance (@VP) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VP\/status\/2002818843815694591?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Vance proceeded to knock Minnesota state Sen. Omar Fateh as Rep. Ilhan Omar&rsquo;s (D-MN) pick for mayor of Minneapolis, jokingly mixing up the Minnesota city with Somalia capital Mogadishu. He also needled <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3910362\/jasmine-crockett-running-texas-senate-colin-allred-drop-out\/\">Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) and her bid for a Texas Senate seat<\/a>, saying her &ldquo;streetgirl persona is about as real as her nails.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> said these Democratic lawmakers are all &ldquo;cogs in a machine&rdquo; that aim to weaken voters. He contended that while he and Trump are working to &ldquo;break that machine,&rdquo; the Democratic Party is still &ldquo;very powerful.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vance also addressed the division and in-fighting within the Republican Party, some of which <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3927172\/conservative-republican-podcaster-wars-continue-at-turning-points-america-fest\/\">took place<\/a> at AmericaFest. He said the late <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4135191\/charlie-kirk-mentor-frank-turek-tpusa-founder-wanted-people-to-know-gospel\/\">Charlie Kirk<\/a> knew disagreements should be hashed out between people, and they can still &ldquo;love each other&rdquo; in spite of their differences.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But winning demands teamwork, and I am honored to be on Turning Point&rsquo;s team, I&rsquo;m honored to be on your team, and I will stay that way,&rdquo; Vance said, drawing applause from the audience.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s<\/em> Ross O&rsquo;Keefe said Sunday he&rsquo;s heard one strategy Erika Kirk and Turning Point will pursue in 2028 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4255621\/erika-kirk-young-women-2028-ross-okeefe\/\">is winning over young women voters<\/a>. He added that if Vance does run for president with the help of this voting bloc, it would make him &ldquo;a very tough opponent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4290585\/nicki-minaj-newscum-erika-kirk-amfest\/\"><strong>NICKI MINAJ RIPS &lsquo;NEWSCUM&rsquo; IN SURPRISE APPEARANCE WITH ERIKA KIRK AT AMERICAFEST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like Vance, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is speculated to be a 2028 presidential candidate, but has previously said he won&rsquo;t consider this possibility until after the 2026 elections. A poll from last month <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3883360\/newsom-leads-vance-2028-presidential-matchup-poll\/\">put the California governor 3 points above Vance<\/a> in a possible matchup.<\/p>\n<p>Harris has hinted that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3864002\/harris-not-done-presidential-ambitions-floats-2028-white-house-run\/\">she could pursue another White House run<\/a>, previously <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3488303\/comeback-kamala-harris-2028-presidential-dreams\/\">declining to run for California governor<\/a> next year. Harris ran for president in the 2020 Democratic primary race before being selected as former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s running mate, later <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3210669\/donald-trump-wins-2024-election-defeating-kamala-harris\/\">losing to Trump as the presidential nominee in 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vance targets Newsom, Harris after 2028 endorsements at AmericaFest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2523824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-collage-4ux9p8d3m-1766348460266.jpg?1766330926&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4021,3678,15469],"class_list":["post-2523823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-harris","tag-newsom","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-collage-4ux9p8d3m-1766348460266.jpg?1766330926&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2523823"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2523827,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523823\/revisions\/2523827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2523824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2523823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2523823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2523823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}