A conservative talk show host interrupted Donald Trump's bizarre rant about water during a discussion about a pair of upcoming debates with President Joe Biden Wednesday.
The former president accepted Biden's challenge to debate in June and September, before early voting begins, but Trump agreed with the conservative host of the Hugh Hewitt Show that the Democratic Party may be forced to replace him with Vice President Kamala Harris or California Gov. Gavin Newsom due to his supposed "infirmity."
“I don’t think they’ll have a choice,” Trump said, adding that he wasn't sure who the Democratic Party would choose. "I mean, Gavin’s a terrible governor, Gavin Newscum, he’s a terrible governor. I think he does a terrible job. I have things out in California, and you know, it’s so beautiful, everything."
That sent Trump on a discursive rant about an executive order he signed in 2020 to allow large amounts of water to be diverted San Francisco Bay Delta to irrigate farmland in the Central Valley, which would have endangered populations of chinook salmon and delta smelt.
"The weather is the best," Trump told Hewitt. "Everything is so good, but he just does a terrible job. You know, water, I had a deal for water to come down from the north. They have so much water, and they don’t do it, because they’re trying to protect a tiny, tiny little fish that hasn’t made it, and millions and millions of gallons of water is sent into the Pacific Ocean, routed right into the Pacific instead of coming down throughout California."
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At that point Hewitt stepped in to nudge Trump back on topic by reading his statement accepting the debate challenge.
"All right," Hewitt said, "I've got your statement: 'I'm ready to go. The dates that are proposed are fine. Anywhere, anytime, anyplace.'"
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