He doesn't want the smoke because he knows Kamala plays dirty. She probably knows all of his dirt since they've been running in the same circles since the 90s. If he holds to this though... Harris 2028 is really not that far-fetched. Before Newsom had buzz, she was consistently polling above 30%, so I think he split a lot of her support. If he sits out, I can see most of his supporters turning back to her. Kind of hard to believe she's not running when she's going to spend the next month campaigning in the sunbelt where she knows most of the other candidates would struggle.