What Gavin Newsom thinks about government
American politician; Governor of California, elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2022; previously lieutenant governor from 2011 to 2019 and mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.
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3 dated positions, 2025 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Gavin Newsom has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingTrump's deployment of California's National Guard in Los Angeles was a rehearsal for going further.
Their wordsAnd we watched Trump seize control of California’s own National Guard and march our soldiers in the streets of Los Angeles against the will of this state, against the law, against everything those uniforms are supposed to stand for. Hear me clearly: that was a test run, a rehearsal.
↗Happy Independence Day. Now let’s defend it.gavinnewsom.substack.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 4 days earlier
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Their wordsIn this column, I want to challenge a myth that’s been peddled in this country for decades: you have to choose between fiscal discipline and doing big things.
↗We can deliver big things and balance the books. California is proof.gavinnewsom.substack.com
- 12 months earlier
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Their wordsWe are in a perilous moment. We have a sitting president who believes he is bound by no law including our Constitution.
↗Trump is trying to destroy our democracy. Do not let him.gavinnewsom.substack.com 1st of 2 in this piece