Gov. Gavin Newsom is among the Democrats who have taken the lead, telling his party to wake up and not play by the old political rules.
Newsom’s biggest move, which will bear fruit on Tuesday, is Prop 50, which could potentially add five new House seats to the Democratic column in November and offset Trump’s gerrymandering of Texas and other red states.
The change for Gavin Newsom came when Trump sent federal troops and ICE to his state. After Trump invaded California, Newsom went from a governor with Steve Bannon and Charlie Kirk as podcast guests to someone raising the alarm about Trump’s abuse of federal power and threats to the rights of the American people.
It appeared Newsom first listened to Democratic strategists who wrongly said the party needed to move toward the middle, but then changed course when he saw what Trump’s intentions were.
Since Trump sent ICE and troops to California, Newsom changed his tactics. He mocks Trump’s style to highlight the abnormality of what the president is trying to do.
Gov. Newsom has stood up to Trump and has been a loud voice telling the country that what Trump is doing must be opposed and never normalized.
On Sunday, Gavin Newsom was on Meet The Press, where he told Republicans the blunt truth.
Keep reading to see what Newsom had to say.
