California governor is wilding out.. | Asmongold TV

California Governor Gavin Newsom appeared on a podcast to defend his recent shift to the right on cultural issues, and the reaction from Asmongold and his co-host is that the whole performance is transparent, desperate, and unlikely to work. Newsom is trying to rebrand himself as a moderate common-sense Democrat by admitting his party has gone too far on transgender issues and regulation, but the hosts argue he is simply alienating his base without winning over anyone else.

The episode centers on a clip of Newsom agreeing with Bill Maher that Democrats have lost the plot on parental notification laws and transgender athletes in sports. Newsom conceded that the party’s brand is “toxic,” polling at 27%, and that Democrats need to “mature” and stop weaponizing identity politics. He specifically said that requiring teachers to report a child’s gender identity to parents was wrong, and that allowing biological males to compete in women’s sports is “fundamentally unfair.” He gave the example of two trans athletes who made it to California state finals, only for the backlash to be so severe that they didn’t compete, and the two cisgender athletes who were displaced also lost their chance.