The latest example exploded this week when Newsom hosted his new podcast, “This is Gavin Newsom” in which he argued that transgender men competing in women sports was “deeply unfair.”

MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk says he was “connected” with California Gov. Gavin Newsom through Kimberly Guilfoyle, the former lover of both Newsom and, more recently, Donald Trump Jr. Kirk spoke to Newsom for the first episode of the Democrat’s new podcast—which was met by a firestorm of progressive condemnation over comments Newsom made in the interview expressing opposition to letting trans athletes compete in women’s and girls’ sports.

Plenty of Democratic politicians are already hard at work trying to figure out how they can be the person who is elected president in 2028. Few of them are being so obvious about it as California Governor Gavin Newsom,