With the calendar now officially flipped over to 2026, we can expect to hear more serious rumblings about which Democrats have their sights set on a White House run in 2028. At the top of that list is California Governor Gavin Newsom. But Newsom’s schizophrenic relationship with left-wing gender ideology may have already alienated both hardcore progressive partisans and everyday Americans.
In March 2025, Newsom outraged liberals when he appeared on a podcast hosted by Charlie Kirk, the late Turning Point USA founder. When pressed by Kirk, Newsom admitted that it was “deeply unfair” to allow biological men who claim to be transgender to compete in women’s sports.
The comment predictably ignited outrage on the left. SFGate called the podcast “genuinely humiliating,” while Mother Jones called the governor’s comments “craven,” and The New Republic declared simply, “Gavin Newsom Is the Worst.”
As AMAC Newsline reported at the time, Newsom’s actions as governor hardly lined up with his seemingly moderate comments to Kirk. He has notably signed legislation upholding the right of men to invade female-only spaces and establishing California as a “sanctuary state” for confused kids who believe they are transgender. California under Newsom’s leadership also remains a national leader in prescribing permanent, dangerous, life-altering transgender drugs and surgeries.
But that didn’t stop the liberal pile-on – an effort led by prospective rivals to Newsom for the 2028 Democrat nomination. Since that moment, Newsom has appeared desperate to regain favor with disaffected gender ideologues, going out of his way to prove his “allyship” to the LGBTQ+ cult.
Which brings us to yet another buzzy Newsom podcast appearance in December, this time on “The Ezra Klein Show.” When the issue of LGBTQ+ legislation came up, Newsom stated: “I want to see trans kids. I have a trans godson. There’s no governor who has signed more pro-trans legislation than I have. No one has been a stronger advocate for the LGBTQ community.”
In the same interview, Newsom tried to equivocate by awkwardly shoehorning in his prior stance about “fairness” in sports. “You have to accommodate the reality of those whose rights are being taken away as we advance the rights of the trans community,” he said, before admitting that he doesn’t have a good answer on the issue of men in women’s sports.
But no amount of rhetorical fence-riding can hide Newsom’s actual record on the issue as governor.
As previously reported by AMAC Newsline, SB 107, which Newsom signed into law in 2022, specifically gives California courts the ability to claim “temporary emergency jurisdiction” over children to facilitate their “gender-affirming care.” This designation overrides any other court ruling in another state, meaning a divorced parent can bring their child to California for cross-sex hormones or the surgical removal of healthy body parts without the other parent’s consent.
Newsom followed SB 107 with a new law in 2025 that allows a relative within five degrees of kinship to declare themselves the guardian of a child for making medical decisions. Deemed “state-sanctioned kidnapping” by legal experts, Assembly Bill 495 gives a shocking amount of power, based merely on a signed statement, to any distant relative to sign off on life-altering drugs and surgeries for minors.
These two laws create a framework where a minor from another state – say, a confused young boy from Texas who believes he is transgender – could flee to California and be placed under the care of a distant relative who supports so-called “gender transition” procedures.
Voters, including those in his own state, are taking notice of Newsom’s comments and seeing right through his attempts to moderate his image.
“This is just more of Gavin Newsom’s typical doublespeak,” Sonja Shaw told the Washington Stand. “He says he cares about fairness, but no governor has done more to undermine fairness for girls or parental rights in California.”
Shaw is the president of the Chino Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) Board of Education. The school district she oversees has found itself the target of a lawsuit by the Newsom administration because it refuses to hide information about a child’s mental and physical health from parents.
“His decision to make our state a sanctuary for secret gender transitions and his push for more ‘trans kids’ has created a system that prioritizes ideology over children’s safety, education, and well-being,” Shaw said.
Shaw’s comments illustrate the problem Newsom, and other Democrats who try to appear moderate on gender ideology, will face. While the California governor can make overtures here and there that may sound reasonable to Americans who aren’t tuned in to what’s actually going on in his state, Newsom’s track record speaks volumes. Newsom, as he said, is the most “pro-trans” governor in the nation and wants “to see trans kids.”
Ultimately, Newsom’s equivocation won’t please anyone. The gender theory apparatchiks who demand absolute conformity to their worldview (and who hold immense sway among the Democrat primary base) will give him a failing grade on their ideological purity test. Meanwhile, everyday Americans whom Newsom needs to win a general election will be alienated by Newsom’s policies and the fact that he refuses to simply say that men do not belong in women’s sports, and that it is impossible for anyone to “change” his or her gender.
In many ways, Newsom’s dilemma is the dilemma of the Democrat Party writ large. After ceding so much ground to the radical left in the pursuit of power, he has suddenly found that no one is willing to believe the moderate charade – leaving him without any real base of support.
Matt Lamb is a contributor for AMAC Newsline and an associate editor for The College Fix. He previously worked for Students for Life of America, Students for Life Action, and Turning Point USA. He previously interned for Open the Books. His writing has also appeared in the Washington Examiner, The Federalist, LifeSiteNews, Human Life Review, Headline USA, and other outlets. The opinions expressed are his own. Follow him @mattlamb22 on X.
It is difficult to even look at Newsom’s face. He is such a slimy creature and is one of satan’s evil tools. Thankfully God will deal with him in His own time.
Wake up America, this nut job will ruin this nation like he’s done to California. Expensive everything plus he kills commerce and spends money on illegals instead of taxpaying Californians. Businesses aren’t just closing down, they’re leaving. Democrats have destroyed the state where once people came in droves, now they’re doing the opposite. Everything this hack touches turns to despair. Dems declared California a sanctuary state, an abortion sanctuary and now transgender sanctuary. This man is pure evil and so are his minions. Politics aside, look at his accomplishments, massive debt, enormous homelessness, electricity crisis, gasoline and jet fuel crisis, bad water management, fire risks, a train to nowhere and the highest insurance costs in the nation. I wouldn’t wish this idiot on anyone.
Grusome Newsom is the worst thing that ever happened to California.
And this is the person that wants to the next POTUS? I don’t know who would be worse, Kamala Harris, AOC or Gavin Newsom? All three will run America into the ground!
Newscum is a world class pure SCUMBAG!
Newscum talks out of both sides of his mouth! The whole “trans” issue is a way to make “doctors” and big Pharma millions of dollars while sentencing children too young to even understand their own emotions a lifetime of poisonous medicines and other side effects!
Does it mean he would be ready tp admit there only are two genders had his godson been not transgender, it is not about him and his godson, does he even have a clue about his responsibilities, he wants to run for a president, this is more than upside down, he is more off the wall than his aunt.
If we can have a secure lottery system, then we can have a secure voting system, but we don’t by design so those in power can stay in power. The number one thing Trump needs to do is force the voting system to be honest, and that will stop the democrats being reelected in california.
Gavin Newsom is destroying everything in California that was good. Who voted for this guy and will still admit that they did vote for him? Insanity should be his middle name.
It is way past time for the United States government to recognize and legislate that transgender does not exist. In human history, many millions of animals have been neutered. None of those animals have ever changed gender. Taxpayers and insurance companies must never again be forced to pay for the fantasies of those who would have us believe that surgeries or hormone treatments can change one’s gender. Biological males must be forbidden to compete in girls or women’s sports. Enough!
“I want to see trans kids”??? There is nothing this slimebag will not say.
Gavin is Satan’s Spawn.
Seems unlikely he could become President. However, a communist Muslim became mayor of the city in which members of his faith committed the most horrendous terrorist attack in history, so the impossible seems not actually impossible. Demonic-Rats exhibit a different example of what humanity can be.
Signs of the times, like Sodom and Gomorrah. This state, Kalifornia, is being destroyed by Gavin Gruesome’s power hunger. Who’s to say he may be the second beast?
Mr. Hair-Gel Gavie Pooh Newsom is an EVIL creature that has sold his soul to Satan . The evil entity Gavie Pooh thinks he can win a presidential election by claiming to support “Trans” kids and the mutilation of them. This evil entity from hell will say or do anything if it gets him a vote or he THINKS it will get him a vote. The American people have not seen an evil entity like this Hair-Gel Slathered demon in our history. Now that the 2028 election will be ramping up the Evil one called Gavie Pooh will be unleashing an evil on the nation the likes we have never seen. His leg crossing interview poses with his hair slathered with a stinking slimly gel , his twisted smile with his chemically whitened teeth will be plastered on MSM platforms 24/7. His subversive , evil Satanist supporters will be dumping untold billions of $ into his campaign. They know that if they can get this evil into the position of power he will do their bidding and launch an evil upon the nation and world like never before. Newsom will make the evil of Germanys dark days seem like a pleasant walk in the park. .
Newsom and all Democrats are no good pieces of trash that need to be removed immediately from office and made to pay for what they have done to our country!
This nation has an epidemic of mental illness trans is one gender choosing should not be allowed until you’re 21 just like other adult choices and drag shows at school should be considered as porn any kid wanting to be any kind of animal needs help any adult wanting to act like an animal needs to be in a mental hospital period
Double speak is right. Needing k owns that gender conforming care is a hoax. Just to draw in those on the end spectrum of gender confusion. This should even be a question in this world. Pushing children into mutilating drugs and it surgery is disgustingly. Especially since their hormones haven’t kicked in. And biological men in women’s sports or women’s bathrooms and locker rooms also has to be banned. Someone says he is a furry do we have to provide him with a forest to live in? There is no such animal as a furry in the human kingdom. Stop this nonsense. How much money has been spent on this with drastic results. They want to undo their transition. God created two sexes man and woman. What is behind all this support by the democrats. Who is getting rich of this. We saw it with DOGE and US Aid. Billions of dollars went in the pockets of the dem politician and the rest was pocketed by the people in the country the money went to. Millions of dollars to teach people in third world countries about transition. Right there is proof people don’t need to be educated into trans if they felt it themselves. Just another brainwashing program by the democrats. People can have their sexual preferences but not force them on people especially young children. Sodom and Gomorrah has returned to America. Newsom knows darn well what is going on but he has orders to destroy California. Make her an example of what America will become. And slick Willy is happy to oblige if a presidency is in the offing for him.
I would support Gavin Newsom’s position if he would first undergo the surgery himself. After all, that way he would have first-hand experience regarding the operation to which he is subjecting his constituency. I actually suspect that perhaps he has already done so.
Believing that you are another gender is a mental illness.
A demonic spirit is what is controlling Newsom. All of this abortion, transgenderism, child pornography and child trafficking, and otherwise destruction of children is all demonic. Satan hates innocents because he has come to steal, kill and destroy. He wants to destroy children who are the picture of purity. Parents and other adults in society are to protect the children. Our society has dropped their morals so low they are under the control of Satan, and will be held responsible.
The democrat party and Newsom are the lowest form of life on earth ! In my opinion !
You ask ‘why does Gavin want to see trans kids?’. Because he is a demo-perv and is driven by the devil to behave this way.
I’m a progressive, but I can tell you that we absolutely have common ground on Newsom. I don’t want him to be president (or, heck, governor) any more than you do. He’s a slimy dirtbag, he’s the ex-husband of Kimberly Guilfoyle, and he happily throws actual progressives under the bus all the time in an attempt to appeal to right-wingers… which, as can be seen from these comments, is not working. So please, do your worst with him. I’d love to see him disappear into the consultant class.
Please post that Steve Helton is running for governor of CA, a conservative!!
People … all people who are in favor of equality in pushing for transexual boys mere existence, and their ‘place’ in sports and the world … in my opinion, are perverts, and potential pedophiles. They are sick individuals, unable to find little girls to play with, push to equalize little boys as girls … for playmates in their sick desires. Tar and Feathering should be brought back, and limit it to pedophiles … a clear warning that HUMANS still living in this country do NOT agree with their perverse agenda!
Thats two-faced Newscum for ya.
Gavin Newsome is the Devil incarnate. I wonder if he’d condone another state allowing HIS children to be mutilated.
democrats will say anything to get elected when NO ONE calls them out!
This man is a sick, narcissist. Anyone voting for him should have their head examined.
I’m sure that there are many normal people in Kalifornia.The screwballs make the whole state look bad.There is an old saying that in Kalifornia”WHAT AIN’T FRUITS AND NUTS ARE FLAKES”,just like living in a bowl of”GRANOLA”There are many states that are working towards the same agenda.I live in Illinois,we are headed that way.
Newsom is a puppet for Satan to use in order to destroy this upcoming generation of children. Parents wake up! This Trans disease is dangerous.
I am a 5th generation Californian. I like my birthplace and that of my ancestors. I have lived and worked throughout the world as a World-Class engineer. California as I knew it growing up in San Diego, through graduation at a state university was amongst my fondest life memories. No other part of the world compared. Today, as I enter my 90th year on earth, I despise what has become of my birthplace and the political cretans that govern it, and the useful idiots (Lenin) that support them.
NEWSOM is a SICK MAN!!!
Every rotten thing the radical liberals champion is designed to destroy our society and they prey on the young because they are the most vulnerable. These radicals are even more dangerous because social media treats this purposely-caused mental decline as normal and desirable. It is the most evil group we have encountered in our nearly 250 years of being a Republic. It is frightening that we actually have a Muslim Communist as a mayor in our once-great city of New York. And, no we cannot forgive these evil people for they DO know what they are doing. I am trying my best to stay calm and pray that God sees a way to stop this evil group. It is heart-breaking.
Until someone comes up with a way to modify a person’s DNA and be able to change an XX chromosome to XY and vice versa there’s no such thing as transgender. And even if that’s accomplished, bone structure and muscle structure are fixed in the womb, so the change would have to occur there. This whole discussion is beyond ridiculous! The “transgender” folks are selling mythology.
Seriously, readers… what do you expect from a politician related (if only by marriage) to Nancy Pelosi? ????
He has revolving positions–they are circular trying to cover all bases.
NEWSCUM, is a FREAK and California is NOT his STATE, I grew up in California through the 70’s and it was The GREATEST STATE that I ever lived in, it was well Known for THE BEACH BOYS / ZZ TOP / FLEETWOOD MAC / PAT BENATAR / and a TON of other well Known and Famous Groups and Artist. The Best Concerts that I have ever Experienced anywhere and even “HOLLYWOOD” they put out some of the Best Movies Ever, SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT, VANISHING POINT, ALIEN, BULLET, GREAT
WESTERNS, TERMINATOR.
And they were All suitable for the Whole Entire Family, but Mid 90’s to the Present, CALIFORNIA has Turned Absolutely into a CESSPOOL, with LIBERALS that the Heads
are so Far up their Butts that CALIFORNIA is got to be Today One of the “SICKEST” places to ever Live In?
And Now CALIFORNIA is Stuck with a LIBERAL GOOFBALL that reveals that he is a
“SODAMITE” that literally wants to Turn CALIFORNIA into Modern Day “SODOM & GOMORRAH” if You Know the Story, You Know that it didn’t END well for that SOCIETY
of PEOPLE …
And Now he wants CALIFORNIA to be a “SANCTION” for Our Confused Children, to Change their Identity to “What it’s NOT?” You can Change the Outer Appearance of the Body but the DNA doesn’t CHANGE, that Individual is Still the SEX that they were BORN
as and it will Drive them CRAZY because they’re Striving to be Something that they’re
NOT.
WHY don’t You do a NATIONAL POLL of All those that have had this “SEX CHANGE”, I
have Read Many Stories of those that DID this Deed and They Wished that They Never Went Through this OPERATION and Don’t Pay these People to LIE either, just ask
for a Group of 1000 individuals that have done this to Volunteer their Time and Share how they really Feel about Their Decision?
I find it really SAD in Today’s World (America) that We have so MANY “STUPID” PEOPLE in POWER, Claiming to be Educated and Intelligent When the Opposite
is REVEALED. I mean REALLY these People in Office (City / County / State / and Federal) are Supposed to be Setting the Standard for All other Americans to Live
By, instead They are Screwing Up Everything that Concerns US as CITIZENS of the
United States of America.
Their “GREED” is Self-Evident, it’s in All Levels of Government, Were in the DEEPEST DEBT AMERICA has Ever Experienced and “THEY” CREATED this MESS of INFLATION, where All CITIZENS are being “DRAGGED” through “The COALS” because
of “BLUNDERS and INCOMPETENSE” to do What they were Elected to DO?
And another SAD and EVIL thing that they are doing or have Done to US as CITIZRNS is that They have Convinced Most of this Nation is Overpopulated when that is NOT TRUE, but that hasn’t STOPPED them from Taking Measures to Depopulate this Nation by POISONING US through What We EAT (Biogenetically Engineered) FAKE FOOD, Fake Steak / Chicken / Fish / Pork and All the other Things that We Consume that is Considered to be Food when it’s NOT. It’s JUNK that has No Vitamins / or Nutritious Value to it Whatsoever.
Think of This for a Moment, this being The Case, How are You to Keep Up Your
Immune System Eating this Crap when it’s NOT HEALTHY and GOOD for YOU?
What They couldn’t Do when “COVID19” was Unleashed upon Us because Doctors reported Saying: “Keep Your Immune Systems Healthy” they will be ABLE to DO NOW!
And that Means eventually after Consuming Tons of this “Biogenetically Engineered” garbage PEOPLE will begin Dropping Dead from Lack of Nutrients / Vitamins / Fiber /
Not being in What YOU Eat …
They already have Caused “Obesity” and “Diabetic’s” all Across America from Flooding
Our Bodies with “SUGAR” it’s in EVERYTHING?
Do YOUR Research these Coming Elections on Those You are Considering to Elect?
What Does History Say about Them, What Great Feats or Jobs have they Accomplished
while in Early Office to the Present, if Nothing Spectacular or is considered Impressive
Look for Another Candidate that is in Office for the People and Not just wanting You to Set them up with “MILLIONS” in INCOME and to Live like Kings & Queens at Your Dime.
And Vote Out of Office All the “DEAD WEIGHT” that do Nothing for YOU and YOUR FAMILY, too many are Fighting for the WRONG REASONS or PEOPLE, BAD Governors / Senators / Congress Men and Women / Judges, Empty Our Government of All those that
Have “DOLLAR SIGNS” in their Eyes, One Last Thing and that is LISTEN to their Words, they will PROMISE YOU MUCH and ONCE in Office, GIVE YOU NOTHIN, Beware of this
TRUTH, this is WHAT MAKES A REAL POLITICIAN !
Newsom has led California down the wrong paths since he took office. My comments will not address the Trans-Issue for Children, per se. I think the Democrats take the extreme issue of trans kids to divide America. As parents of children, the majority of Democrats must know it is wrong to transition minors.
I am 70 now. When I was growing up, there were effeminate boys and tomboys (masculine girls). In the late 50s, into the 60s, no parent declared their child was trans. They let the child grow up. After age 18, some claimed they were gay, others married the opposite sex.
When in college, I met many gays, primarily men, and fewer lesbians, both of whom were rare in the college population. I can’t remember one trans person. The first time I ever saw a trans woman was in Hollywood. She was asking for money to finish her surgeries; she already had breasts, but wanted a vagina.
I don’t care if people transition after the age 18, or 21, whatever the age of majority is, BUT minors should never be transitioned. Let them grow up, live a bit, and then decide. .
My vocab does not have the words to describe a politician, or even a parent, who would cede to this type treatment on an underage child. There is so much evidence of mental lapse, first in the parent who cannot see that t her child needs mental help, not meds and surgery, then this whole discussion is moot. Its cruelty to an innocent, period.
Newsom was potentially the most dangerous Democrat Primary contender so if he gets eliminated from the running I will shed no tears!
Let’s remember that Newscum is only the governor that signed the bills into law, he didn’t write them. That took a whole state legislature to do that. They’re all guilty of setting up a kidnapping and mutilation program designed to create a multitude of totally dysfunctional perverts. You know, those people who used to be innocent children who had no say in what was happening to them. I pray to God that this is stopped quickly.
It has nothing to do with child care, or the money for doctors doing the STUFF, it is all about population control!
I’m curious, how large is the radical base of the democrat party? My understanding is its a small amount that the moderates could overcome. Make no mistake, I am not trying to help the democrats, I just don’t want the radical base to gain more power. We already lost Chicago, New York and Seattle. I don’t want us to lose more ground.
National elections would need seriously brain dead voters to make Newsom a President. The man has no values, merely shifting with political breezes. Take a quick look at his record in CA must sour any thought he might be a contender.
He wants to lose the WH