Wednesday, 30 April 2025

Gavin Newsom Distances Himself from Democrats: “I’m Marginally Part of This Party”

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Is Gavin Newsom changing sides?

The California governor now appears to be trying to distance himself away from the Democrat party.

In a recent interview with The Hill, Newsom claimed he’s only “marginally part of this party.”

Take a look:

He also said that he doesn’t know what the Democrat party is anymore or “what just went wrong.”

From The Hill:

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is accusing the Democratic Party of not yet performing a thorough autopsy on what went wrong in its devastating loss of the White House and Senate majority in November.

In an exclusive sit-down interview with The Hill on Monday, Newsom said that if the party wants to find its way back from the wilderness, it has to be willing to look inward at what led to the losses — and the failure to win back the House majority.

“We have not done a forensic of what just went wrong, period, full stop,” Newsom said. “I don’t think it, I know it. I mean, to the extent that I’m marginally part of this party, I represent the state larger than 21 state populations combined, and I can assure you there’s not been a party discussion that I’m aware of that has included the state of California.”

Later in the interview, Newsom said he wasn’t sure what the Democratic Party truly represents, who is leading it or where it wants to go.

“I don’t know what the party is,” he said. “I’m still struggling with that.”

Newsom, who is widely seen as a potential Democratic presidential candidate in 2028, also used the interview to argue that his state is actually a microcosm of the rest of the country, and not just the land of Hollywood and Silicon Valley it is sometimes stereotyped as being.

Governing the state, he said, has helped him get a better understanding of different Americas and different voters.

“And I’ll remind you, for those that think California is just a coastal state, we have 150 percent more ag, hunting, forestry jobs than the next state, 150 percent larger. So, you know, you talk about America, we’re just America, only more so,” said the governor, who is term-limited and cannot run for reelection in 2026.

“So, you know, talk about flyover states. My state of mind is deeply entrenched in this rural mindset as I go back over and over and over again in the Central Valley. It’s not helped me electorally, but it certainly helped me sort of create a sort of consciousness around that.”

Newsom said there must be a period of reflection and accountability for the Democratic Party.

“If you don’t learn the lessons of the past, you will repeat them,” said the governor, expressing some frustration with the lack of introspection by his party.

“The fact that we’re not even stress-testing what the hell just happened and we’re having an honest forensic conversation” he said.

What do you think?

Are Charlie Kirk and Steve Bannon — both of whom Newsom recently interviewed for his podcast — rubbing off on him?

Is Newsom being genuine or just trying to grift and rebrand himself?

Perhaps in preparation for a 2028 presidential run?

Here’s what folks are saying about it online:

One thing is for sure here:

What do you think?

This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport.

View the original article here.


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