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Gavin Newsom woke again [1]

['Rob Beschizza']

Date: 2025-12-12  

After Trump's election win last November, California governor Gavin Newsom lurched to the right, hanging out with MAGA weirdos and adoping anti-trans talking points. But after finding surer footing mocking Trump on social media and countering Texas's Republican gerrymander, he's suddenly popped up on the left, making a show of supporting trans kids and mocking Elon Musk for his transphobia.

"We're sorry your daughter hates you, Elon," Newsom's press office wrote in response to a clip posted by Musk's America PAC of the lefty presidential hopeful bragging about passing more pro-trans laws than any other governor.

Newsom exemplifies a certain kind of centrist Democrat, unfixed by principles and spun this way and that by insiders and the political winds. If he's untrustworthy as a result, a lurch to the left on a culture war issue suggests something interesting might be afoot in the party cadre of poll-snorting consultants.

Reports of a vibe shift in America may have been premature… or perhaps the intern running his social media account got ahead of themselves.

Previously:

• Newsom's social media declares Trump a pedophile

• Gavin Newsom sues Fox News for $787M over Trump call claims

• California governor Newsom vetoes AI safety law

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