California Gov. Gavin Newsom claimed Sunday that he “never had” any doubt about former President Joe Biden’s mental capacity to run the country — except after that one little infamous California fundraiser.

At the June 2024 fundraiser in Los Angeles, the then-prez didn’t recognize megawatt celeb, co-host and longtime pal George Clooney — leaving the actor “shaken to the core,’’ a book co-authored by CNN’s Jake Tapper has said .

Newsom, asked on NBC’s “Meet the Press” whether he ever had concerns about Biden’s decline in the Oval Office, insisted, I never had that.

“The one exception, as it relates to the interaction I had with him, that gave me pause, one, was the fundraiser in Southern California,” the gov then added. “And all of us were a little taken aback. But we also were mindfu

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