加利福尼亚州州长加文·纽瑟姆表示，乔·拜登总统“全力以赴”参加总统竞选，他是周三晚上在白宫会见总统的20多名民主党州长之一。
“我听到总统说了三个字——他全押了。我也是。乔·拜登支持我们。现在是他的时候了，”纽瑟姆在一份声明中说。
在会议上，州长们希望从拜登那里坦率地听到他连任竞选的前进道路，并了解他计划如何向美国公众介绍自己和他的竞选活动。离开会议时，纽约的Kathy Hochul说民主党州长支持拜登。
“我们所有人都说，我们保证支持他，因为赌注不能再高了，”她告诉记者。
Hochul补充说，随着前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)入主椭圆形办公室，美国有“倒退”到“君主制和暴政”的风险。
“我们将与总统站在一起，与那股力量作斗争，那股力量就是唐纳德·特朗普，”她说。
戈夫斯也加入了霍楚尔的行列。明尼苏达州的蒂姆·沃尔兹和马里兰州的韦斯·摩尔称这次会议是“坦诚的”
穆尔说，在拜登辩论表现不佳后，州长们与总统分享了他们从公众那里听到的担忧。
“我们知道，我们就站在这里，我们落后了，”摩尔后来补充道。“但我们也知道，确保我们能够在11月领先的道路是真实的，它需要我们所有人来实现它并使它发挥作用，我们很高兴听到总统和副总统对11月获胜的兴奋和关注程度。”
他补充说，“到11月份，我们将面临一个二元选择，这个二元选择是在一个不断为我们和我们的州以及我们州的人民提供帮助的人和一个坦率地说，对这个国家的未来充满危险的人之间做出的。”
担任民主党州长协会主席的瓦尔兹也表达了对总统的支持。
“州长们支持他，我们正在一起努力，只是为了非常、非常清楚地表明这一点;赢得11月大选的道路是第一要务，也是总统的第一要务。
紧随拜登的周四总统辩论中备受批评的表现越来越多的民主党州长呼吁更好的沟通，而且有些计划参加的人被认为是拜登决定退出的可能替代者。
美国广播公司新闻网此前证实，伊利诺伊州州长J.B .普利兹克、纽瑟姆、密歇根州州长格雷琴·惠特默、肯塔基州州长安迪·贝希尔、霍楚尔、瓦尔兹、马萨诸塞州州长莫拉·希利、罗德岛州州长丹·麦基、摩尔和特拉华州州长约翰·卡尼等州长将亲自出席。
其他人几乎都在意料之中，包括新泽西州州长菲尔·墨菲、宾夕法尼亚州州长乔希·夏皮罗、北卡罗来纳州州长罗伊·库珀、亚利桑那州州长凯蒂·霍布斯、华盛顿州州长杰伊·英斯利、夏威夷州州长乔什·格林、科罗拉多州州长贾里德·波利斯和堪萨斯州州长劳拉·凯利。
威斯康星州州长托尼·埃弗斯没有出席，尽管埃弗斯计划周五与拜登一起出席在威斯康星州举行的一次活动。
埃弗斯的发言人在X上写道，州长“没有参加会议，因为他专注于前进和赢得威斯康星州。”
Evers的发言人Britt Cudaback说，州长期待着本周五与拜登一起上路。
“他支持拜登总统——他在过去一周支持总统的言论不言自明，他期待着周五与总统一起竞选，”Cudaback说。
周三的会议之后，拜登竞选团队发表了一份总结讨论的声明。
拜登竞选团队表示，总统寻求民主党州长的“建议和专业知识”，因为他加倍努力在秋季击败唐纳德·特朗普。
“今晚，拜登总统和哈里斯副总统在白宫会见了来自全国各地的民主党州长，讨论他们在这次连任竞选中继续合作的问题。总统重申，他决心在11月的投票箱中击败唐纳德·特朗普的生存威胁，并寻求民主党州长的建议和专业知识，”竞选团队在一份声明中说。
“除了击败唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)，会议还关注了选举民主党人的重要性，以在全国各地的国会和州议会中产生更多的民主党州长和更多的民主党多数，”声明继续说。“所有与会者都重申了他们的共同承诺，即尽一切可能确保拜登总统和哈里斯副总统在11月击败唐纳德·特朗普。”
周三的会议之前，民主党州长周一举行了一次电话会议，讨论拜登的辩论表现，一位熟悉电话会议的民主党官员向美国广播公司新闻证实。多个消息来源告诉美国广播公司新闻，打电话不是出于对拜登表现的担忧，而只是为了在辩论中“接触基础”。
一些州长已经把它框定为一次全体会议，他们在会上也谈到了这场辩论。
“民主党州长是总统和副总统最积极和最直言不讳的支持者，因为他们看到了拜登-哈里斯政府的成就如何直接惠及他们的居民。这位民主党官员在一份声明中说:“拜登/哈里斯团队一直与州长及其团队保持沟通，包括昨天的会议。”
Gov. Newsom: Joe Biden says he's 'all in' on presidential campaign at meeting of Democratic governors
President Joe Biden is "all in" on his presidential campaign, according to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, one of more than 20 Democratic governors who met with the president Wednesday evening at the White House.
"I heard three words from the President - he’s all in. And so am I. Joe Biden’s had our back. Now it’s time to have his," Newsom said in a statement.
At the meeting, governors had hoped to hear candidly from Biden about the path forward for his reelection campaign and to get a sense of how he plans to speak about himself and his campaign to the American public. Leaving the meeting, New York's Kathy Hochul said the Democratic governors are behind Biden.
"And all of us said we pledged our support to him because the stakes could not be higher," she told reporters.
Hochul added that with former president Donald Trump in the Oval Office, the U.S. risks "descending back" into "monarchy and tyranny."
"We will stand with the president as he fights that force, that force being Donald Trump," she said.
Hochul was joined by Govs. Tim Walz of Minnesota and Wes Moore of Maryland, who described the meeting as "candid."
Moore said the governors shared with the president the concerns they had heard from members of the public after Biden's poor debate performance.
"We know that as we're standing right here, we're behind," Moore later added. "But we also know that that path to be able to make sure that we can pull ahead in November is real, and it's going to take all of us in order to make it happen and to make it work, and we're grateful to hear the level of excitement and the focus that the president the vice president have about being victorious in November."
He added, "Come November, we've got a binary choice and the binary choice [is] between someone who [has] continually delivered for us and our states and the people of our states, and, frankly, someone whose vision for the future of this country is downright dangerous."
Walz, who chairs the Democratic Governors Association, also expressed his support for the president.
"The governors have his back, and we're working together just to make very, very clear on that; a path to victory in November is the number one priority and that's the number one priority of the president," Walz said.
In the wake of Biden'smuch-criticized performance in Thursday's presidential debatea rising number of Democratic governors were calling for better communication, and in a twist, some of those who planned to attend had been talked about as possible replacements if Biden had decided to drop out.
ABC News previously confirmed that Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Newsom, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, Hochul, Walz, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healy, Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee, Moore and Delaware Gov. John Carney were among the governors set to attend in-person.
Others were expected virtually, including New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers did not attend, although Evers has plans to appear with Biden at an event in Wisconsin on Friday.
A spokesperson for Evers wrote on X that the governor "didn’t attend the meeting because he’s focused on moving forward and winning Wisconsin."
Evers spokesperson Britt Cudaback says the governor looks forward to hitting the trail alongside Biden this Friday.
"He supports President Biden - his comments in support of the president over the last week speak for themselves, and he looks forward to campaigning with the President on Friday," Cudaback said.
Following Wednesday's meeting, the Biden campaign released a statement summarizing the discussions.
The Biden campaign said the president sought Democratic governors' "advice and expertice" as he doubled down on staying in the race to defeat Donald Trump in the fall.
"Tonight President Biden and Vice President Harris met with Democratic governors from across the country at the White House to discuss their continued partnership in this reelection campaign. The president reiterated his determination to defeat the existential threat of Donald Trump at the ballot box in November and sought the advice and expertise of Democratic governors," the campaign said in a statement.
"In addition to defeating Donald Trump, the meeting also focused on the importance of electing Democrats up and down the ballot to deliver more Democratic governors and more Democratic majorities in Congress and statehouses across the country," the statement continued. "All participants reiterated their shared commitment to do everything possible to make sure President Biden and Vice President Harris beat Donald Trump in November."
Wednesday's meeting comes after Democratic governors held a call on Monday to discuss Biden's debate performance, a national Democratic official familiar with the call confirmed to ABC News. The call was not out of concern over Biden's performance, but simply to "touch base" on the debate, multiple sources told ABC News.
Some governors have since framed it as a general meeting where they also spoke about the debate.
"Democratic governors are some of the President and Vice President's most proactive and vocal supporters because they've seen how the Biden-Harris Administration's accomplishments are directly benefiting their residents. The Biden/Harris team is in constant communication with the governors and their teams, including about yesterday's meeting," the Democratic official said in a statement.
