NBC News - Gov. Gavin Newsom, widely viewed as a potential contender for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, had tough words for his own party in an exclusive interview with NBC News in this Marin County suburb north of San Francisco.
Democrats have been too focused on the personality of candidates at the top of the ticket, rather than building a platform that is bigger than the nominee and addresses how it will fight for what voters want, he said.
"We just have to move beyond the guy or gal on the white horse that's going to come save the day — it's exhausting," the second-term chief executive of the nation's most-populous state said. "This party needs to rebuild itself from the bottom up, not top down. We are as dumb as we want to be."
In
his nascent quest to help revitalize the Democratic Party, Newsom has
been criticized by some progressives for hosting a pair of high-profile
allies of President Donald Trump — Steve Bannon and Charlie Kirk — on
his new podcast, "This is Gavin Newsom." ...
In his talk with Kirk, Newsom further infuriated some allies in the LGBTQ community and on the left by announcing that he opposes trans athletes competing in women's and girls' sports.
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