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California’s Gov. Gavin Newsom hasn’t officially announced a campaign
for president in 2028, but he sure acts like a guy who wants the job
despite his record of extremism and failure in the Golden State. He
recently toured churches and community centers in the early primary
state of South Carolina, preferring to glad-hand prospective supporters
on the other side of the country rather than doing his job in Sacramento.

Appearing Monday on the “Shawn Ryan Show,” the famously coiffed governor sounded nothing like the man who has been pushing extremist gender
ideology on his state’s residents for years:

For more than four hours the supremely self-assured governor of
California held court, waxing lyrical about his policies, beliefs and
vision.

Then came the simple yes or no question which stumped him. Should eight-year-old children be given medical treatments to change their
biological sex?

'Now that I have a nine-year-old, just became nine, come on man...' said
Gavin Newsom, squirming slightly as he spoke. Podcaster Shawn Ryan let
Newsom continue.

'I get it,' insisted Newsom, leaving unspoken what the 'it' was that he
'got.'

He may claim he “gets it,” but he has a long track record that proves otherwise. He also rambles in a positively Kamala-like manner as he
strings together a bunch of words that add up to nothing:


What does this even mean?

'So those are legit… You know, it's interesting, the issue of age, I haven't…' He then switched to laughing about his clumsy efforts to use a person's preferred pronouns and spoke about how he was mocked by his
Hispanic staff for trying to use the woke word 'Latinx.'

Perhaps what he now gets is that all his stances have been wrong,
anti-parent and immoral. Funny how your “evolution” is occurring now
that you’re facing the unemployment line in November 2026, when you will
be termed out. Also funny how he says these things on podcasts but has
done nothing to change course.

We have the receipts, Governor:

In October 2021, he 'proudly' signed into law the 'profoundly important'
AB 1184, which allows children as young as 12 to be treated with
cross-sex hormones or puberty blockers without parental consent. Only
sexual reassignment surgery is restricted.

In September 2022 he declared California a 'sanctuary state' for trans
kids, ensuring they can receive hormone therapy and puberty blockers
which are forbidden in their home states, and shielding them and their
families from prosecution.

And in July last year he signed AB 1955 into law, legally preventing
teachers from 'outing' trans children to their parents. Elon Musk, whose estranged daughter Vivian, 21, is trans, called the bill 'the final
straw' in his decision to relocate SpaceX's headquarters from California
to Texas.

Newsom tried some other antics on the podcast, as covered by our Katie Jerkovich and Jennifer Van Laar:

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Newsom is so infuriating to California Republicans—and yes, even though we’re outnumbered, there are actually millions of us—because we’ve seen who he is, we’ve seen his vision, and we've witnessed just how
destructive he can be if given power. For him to now, in the name of
political expedience, pretend to be someone he is not now nor has ever
been is particularly galling.

Don’t fall for it, America.

If you have four hours of your life you’re willing to throw away, here’s the entire episode:

https://youtu.be/5BBq3Q_fHSU

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/07/20/gavin-newsom-spins-like-a-top-claims-positions-at-stark-odds-with-his-record-n2191889

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