Caitlyn Jenner says she doesn't want Trump's endorsement for her California gubernatorial campaign

Caitlyn Jenner has previously denounced former President Donald Trump over his stance on LGBTQ issue

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• Caitlyn Jenner is running in California's recall election against Gov. Gavin Newsom.
• She said, during her first press conference, that she isn't looking for Trump's endorsement.
• Jenner publicly supported Trump in 2016, but has since been critical of his stance on LGBTQ issues.
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Caitlyn Jenner does not want former President Donald Trump to endorse her campaign for California governor, she said during a press conference on Friday.

It was Jenner's first press conference since she announced she was running in California's recall election against Gov. Gavin Newsom 78 days ago, the Associated Press reported.

When asked by a reporter if she was looking for Trump's endorsement, she replied: "No."

"I am a private citizen of the state of California, I have every right in the world to be able to run for this office and I am on the Republican side, obviously I'm on the Republican side," Jenner added.

"But don't put me in this box, like if you're in this box of 'you're a Republican, you have to think this way," she continued.

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Jenner said that she has not spoken to the former president about her candidacy, Newsweek reported.

She also noted that she has previously denounced Trump over his stance on LGBTQ issues, the media outlet said.

The Republican gubernatorial hopeful says she has never voted for Trump and recently said that she skipped voting in the 2020 election to play golf. Public records, however, show that she did cast a ballot in the contest, according to CNN.

Jenner publicly supported Donald Trump in the 2016 election and now counts several former Trump aides, including Brad Parscale, who headed Trump's 2020 presidential campaign, as her advisers, Insider's Zac Ntim reported.

During Friday's press conference, Jenner guaranteed that she was in the lead of the gubernatorial race. Polls consistently show that this isn't the case.

A UC Berkeley/Los Angeles Times poll of 10,289 California voters in May showed she only had 6 percent support.

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