WASHINGTON — President Trump’s envoy for particular missions Ric Grenell stated Friday that he’s contemplating working towards Kamala Harris for California governor subsequent yr.
Grenell, 58, advised reporters on the Munich Safety Convention that he believes the previous vp is susceptible if she makes an attempt a political comeback after her blowout loss to Trump on Nov. 5.
“If Kamala Harris runs for governor, I believe that she has such baggage and hundreds of millions of dollars in educating the voters of how terrible she is, that it’s a new day in California, and that the Republican actually has a shot,” Grenell stated.
“I wouldn’t say no” to working, he added.
It’s unclear if Grenell, who’s well-known for trolling Democrats on social media, has taken any concrete steps towards exploring a marketing campaign.
Golden State Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, is term-limited and filling his place has been mentioned as a attainable next-step for Harris, 60.
Harris has been elected statewide 3 times earlier than — twice as California’s lawyer basic, in 2010 and 2014, and as US senator in 2016 — earlier than carrying the state because the Democratic presidential nominee with 58.5% of the vote to Trump’s 38.3%.
Her closest statewide election was in 2010, when she took scored a slender 46.1% victory over GOP lawyer basic nominee Steve Cooley at 45.3%.
California Democrats are reeling from the aftermath of final month’s wildfires in Los Angeles, which brought on greater than $250 billion in harm. Outraged residents and Republicans blame native Democratic insurance policies for contributing to the infernos and lack of water accessible to extinguish them.
Grenell’s amorphous present function consists of serving as Trump’s level particular person on Los Angeles reconstruction. He’s additionally served as a overseas emissary — together with just lately touring to Venezuela to dealer the discharge of six People and an settlement by socialist strongman Nicolas Maduro to just accept deportees.
He moreover is Trump’s interim government director of the Kennedy Heart in Washington.
In Trump’s first time period, Grenell served as US ambassador to Germany, a job through which he helped block development of the Nord Stream 2 Russian pure fuel pipeline below the Baltic Sea, which the Biden administration later allowed to renew.
He additionally brokered a diplomatic settlement between Serbia and Kosovo and served as appearing director of nationwide intelligence in 2020, changing into the primary brazenly homosexual particular person to occupy a cabinet-level publish.
