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I don’t know if you’ve seen Senator Warren cross-examine folks on Wall Street,” Newsom asked the crowd, before answering “apparently Larry Elder has not,” rocking back and forth and twitching as his voice cracked.

“Women are smarter in politics, smarter in civics, they're smarter in economics. Women rule,” he then shouted.

Clips of Newsom’s speech were picked apart on Twitter, with his critics deducing that the governor seemed panicked.

“Desperate” or not, Newsom is hoping that a series of high-profile endorsements will help him remain in office. He is due to appear on Sunday with Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, while President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are also set to campaign alongside him ahead of the September 14 vote.

For Biden and Harris, Newsom’s fate is tied to their own. Should Elder succeed Newsom and 88-year-old California Senator Dianne Feinstein step down or fall ill, he told conservative talk show host Mark Levin earlier this week that he would replace her with a Republican. Such a move would tip the balance of power in the Senate back in favor of the GOP and threaten Biden and Harris’ legislative agenda.

“I’m told she’s in worse mental condition than Joe Biden,” Elder told Levin. “They’re afraid I’m going to replace her with a Republican, which I most certainly would do, and that would be an earthquake in Washington, DC.”

Elder faces an uphill battle. Despite being the clear favorite to replace Newsom, a majority of voters seem intent on keeping the Democrat in office, according to recent polling. However, Newsom’s edge was within a margin of error throughout August, and the more Newsom criticized Elder – dubbing him “even more extreme than Trump in many respects,” the more Elder’s standing rose among Golden State conservatives.