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California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a pioneer for LGBTQ+ rights who decades ago upset leaders in his own party when he defied state law and issued marriage licenses to same-s*x couples, suggested Democrats were in the wrong in allowing transgender athletes to participate in female college and youth sports.
"I think it's an issue of fairness, I completely agree with you on that. It is an issue of fairness --- it's deeply unfair," Newsom said in hisΒ debut podcast episodeΒ of "This is Gavin Newsom." "I am not wrestling with the fairness issue. I totally agree with you."
Newsom's comments on the issue roiling political debates nationwide came in a conversation with influential MAGA-world figure Charlie Kirk, the campus culture warrior who leads the organization Turning Point USA and is a close ally of President Donald Trump and his son, Donald Trump Jr.
Newsom also agreed that the most politically destructive attack ads from Trump's campaign featured Kamala Harris' support for providingΒ taxpayer-funded gender transition-related medical careΒ for detained immigrants and federal prisoners.
"She didn't even react to it, which was even more devastating," Newsom said, suggesting upward of 90 percent of Americans disagreed with Harris' position. "Then you had the video [of Harris] as a validator. Brutal," Newsom added. "It was a great ad."
Kirk challenged Newsom, a likely 2028 presidential hopeful, to speak out against AB Hernandez, a transgender high school track star from California whose triple jump event in the women's competition is drawingΒ fierce backlash from the right. Newsom said he has four children of his own --- including two daughters --- and noted that both he and his wife participated in college-level sports, she in soccer and he in baseball.
"I revere sports, so the issue of fairness is completely legit," Newsom said. "And I saw that --- the last couple years, boy did I [see] how you guys were able to weaponize that issue at another level."
Kirk challenged Newsom over his use of the word "weaponize," and Newsom replaced it with "highlight."
POLITICO last monthΒ was first to report Newsom's new podcast, with the Democratic governor saying he drew inspiration from the likes of HBO provocateur Bill Maher, who regularly finds common ground with conservative adversaries while taking frequent aim at Democratic dogma, including on youth trans issues.
Newsom's interview with Kirk was friendly, sometimes exceedingly so. He mentioned the influence Kirk and other MAGA-world figures have had on his 13-year-old son, distanced himself from the use of pronouns and the gender-neutral term "Latinx," called police defunding "lunacy," denounced "cancel culture" and agreed that there had been some internal issues in the leadership of the Black Lives Matter organization.
Indeed, the 75-minute interview presented Newsom in the opposite light than he appeared in over recent years whenΒ stumping as a surrogate for former President Joe Biden and HarrisΒ andΒ sparring with ideologicalΒ foes like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis andΒ Fox News' Sean Hannity.
Newsom in the podcast also was self-deprecating --- joking that he only eats meals (including grabbing take-out) at the famed three-Michelin star French Laundry where he got considerable heat for attending a friends' party during Covid lockdowns and conceding that he should have been celebrating at the everyman eatery Applebee's.
On youth trans sports Kirk drew out a longer response.
There are relatively few transgender athletes competing at the collegiate level. But Newsom said it was "easy to call out" the unfairness, echoing concerns raised by Republicans in Washington and across the country who argue thatΒ banning trans women and girlsΒ from participating in school athletic competitions designated for female athletes would ensure fairness.
While Newsom has at times touched on his own concerns about the issue, particularly around youth sports, the remarks on his eponymous new podcast are his most expansive on the topic. He went on to express sympathy for trans people, noting "these poor people" have higher rates of suicide and depression and saying "the way that people talk down to vulnerable communities is an issue that I have a hard time with, as well."
Yet, Newsom said Kirk was right when he contended that Republicans were capitalizing politically by painting Democrats as out of step with a strong majority of Americans on the issue. Earlier this week, Senate DemocratsΒ blocked a GOP-led effortΒ to bar transgender girls from female youth sports.
"I agree with you," Newsom said. "We're getting crushed on it. Crushed. Crushed."
Newsom noted his own leadership on issues of LGBTQ+ rights but he said even some of his friends have privately asked him why he's not been more vocal about trans athletes.
He said the authority for trans K-12 athletes competing in girls' and womens' sportsΒ came from a 2014 state lawΒ --- signed by then-Gov. Jerry Brown --- that also allowed students who identified as transgender to use school bathrooms "consistent with their gender identity."
Newsom compared his position on trans athletes to conservatives who oppose same-s*x marriage on principle --- saying he values that Kirk and others are not abandoning their opposition now that gay marriages are both legally and socially acceptable by a majority of Americans.
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Dude, heβs 13 and a cancer survivor https://t.co/WZbGVQ9Uqy
— Kian Jones πΊπ¦π΅πΈ (@Soulferttv) March 5, 2025
Hey @DOGE I have a DEI hire to report pic.twitter.com/j5xGiXMosx
β Right Wing Cope (@RightWingCope) March 5, 2025
He battled brain cancer, this is definitely diversity, equity, and inclusion.
β Right Wing Cope (@RightWingCope) March 5, 2025
Seriously, wtf is this?
You're literally a libertarian lmfao
β Patrick (@FenAhsokenobi) March 5, 2025
β Laser Pony (@DC_DANIELV91) March 6, 2025
Lmao
Some weird schizo is fighting everyone with weird animu clips. Bots included
this dumbass just can't seem to shake the shake . keep on with your century old brainwashed concepts. pic.twitter.com/fOhMDah1RH
β isaiah (@reefisaiah) March 6, 2025
https://x.com/reefisaiah/status/1897480070974820460
Too early to compliment work you have yet to see. pic.twitter.com/S0uohmPLdF
β isaiah (@reefisaiah) March 5, 2025
Given that I'm a CIA agent. We're going to round up all MAGA cult and be done with them. Very simple very easy to follow. Expect us to knock. pic.twitter.com/DhJ01U0mfe
β isaiah (@reefisaiah) March 5, 2025
by who? π I'm literally a deity im not a civilian. They'd never ever get the chance. I've dropped gravity bombs on Russia and I'll happily amp it up. pic.twitter.com/gifs7zDdFw
β isaiah (@reefisaiah) March 6, 2025
π«΅πΏ pic.twitter.com/Jpz1C6toZM
β isaiah (@reefisaiah) March 6, 2025
Me when DEI is preformed but can't be observed for some strange reason. pic.twitter.com/g4htjrQMl8
β isaiah (@reefisaiah) March 6, 2025
Commies took this badly
Word DEI has been weaponized so much by maga that you took this as an insult.
Other deranged comments
Nobody is going after the child. The child is just a proxy to make a statement.
Oh, then everything is ok here
That's the btw
Expect he's not been hired as an active officer you fricking r-slur. It's an honorary role. The mental gymnastics you have to go thru to equate a terminally ill kid with cancer getting an honorary position to a normal person getting a job solely because of their skin colour is mad
Schizo vs some guy
You guys attacked Walz's son so now we're gonna attack some random black kid with brain cancer. That will show you, chuds!
Same guy. Chuds are getting so triggered over us bullying a dying child. We need to keep it up, we're winning!
Frick them cis kids with cancer
Eye for an eye, chud. Nazis are attacking black kids, and so will we
To think its only been 2 months of a 48 month term is hilarious. Reduced to attacking children. pic.twitter.com/CSGLecmvgp
β QuantumPigeons (@Quantumpigeons) March 5, 2025
Imagine how they'll behave in a year
This is just a very small fraction of the comments, feel free to browse some more of the insanity
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Ethan Klein reacts LIVE to his 30 day Twitch ban for playing the Hasanabi content nuke on loop
— yeet (@Awk20000) March 6, 2025
βOmg! It got banned for encouraging and glorifying extreme violenceβ¦thatβs Hasanβs content nuke thatβs on your platform that he didnβt get in trouble forβ pic.twitter.com/9Hv30xJg6Y
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Info from reports so far:
It was 8 Mk.82 bombs, launched by 2 KF-16, 4 each.
The Air Force announced that the accident was due to wrong coordinates given as inputs for the bombs. But whether this was both pilots in the KF-16 making the same mistake, or the wrong coordinates being given to those pilots in the first place, this is yet to be determined.
The bombs were meant to be dropped onto the nearby Seungjin Firing Range (a.k.a Nightmare Range).
15 injured of which 2 are military. Luckily non of the the injured received life-threatening injuries.
Air Force Chief of Staff GEN Park Gi Wan will be heading the investigation committee, and all damages will be compensated.
The church you see in the background of the CCTV footage is the the Army 5th Corp's Chaplain Ordinariate Seungjin Catholic Church (μ²μ£Όκ΅ μΉμ§μ±λΉ).
Ministry of Defense announced all live firing exercises will he halted until the events that led up to the incident are investigated.
all 8 out of 8 bombs exploded, as per ROK Air Force official https://news.naver.com/article/469/0000852298?type=breakingnews&cds=news_edit
Aftermath footage:
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https://t.co/wUwsijJNSE pic.twitter.com/dgzlByetJu
— James Morgan McGill, Esq. πΊπ¦πποΈ (@_slippin_jim) March 5, 2025
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- TotalVatniggerDeath : sterile shithole
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GovernorOfNewYork
: ^ this is an oxymoron you dumb dumb
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My favorite question from the last one was
True or False: A female coworker who asks a lot of job-related questions should be considered a nuisance
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Double eww
Double eww
Her type is shitty rappers unfortunately
isn't there someone you forgot to ask
needs to touch grass award
it's called an open relationship chud
Give it six months. Before he gets her pregnant and she's a single mom watch.
Bahaha. I thought it but wasn't going to say it.
Everyone down voting me acting like tyga ain't the type to do that he'll get bored of her.
You know Madelaine has a choice in getting pregnant too, right?
Well seeing this picture you'd imagine she doesn't make the best choices.
Oooh, she gon be thick thick from that baby weight
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π¨: Landed back at Joint Base Andrews with Vice President Vance. I can confirm VP Vance has seen many of the memes/edits of his pictures and thinks itβs a funny trend.@theblaze
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) March 6, 2025
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between this and the controlled opposition demonrats waving signs I'd say the fascists are just about finished
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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/28
With 51 votes (and counting), Senate Republicans have passed their measure to effectively legalize debanking, after pretending to care about the issue to gin up their base.
β Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) March 5, 2025
It's up to a handful of House members now to stop it. https://t.co/tLppQqbOzy pic.twitter.com/Rl7UhEqdXJ
Hate. Let me tell you how much I despise these losers.
β Josh (@XJosh) March 6, 2025
The purpose of a system is what it does. They want debanking. There is no counter to debanking coming.
Andrew Tate makes millions literally enslaving women as s*x slaves and I can't sell t-shirts
Pray for nuclear hellfire https://t.co/yjOnUtt2kq
- BernieSanders : R-slur-chan lmao
- TheOverBeether : kino
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Age of Empires 2 Petard pic.twitter.com/GxZMHJxdpa
β Kabewski (@Kabooski01) August 15, 2024
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Unusual lion behavior pic.twitter.com/Exo0p1oZie
— Crazy Clips (@crazyclipsonly) March 5, 2025
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JUST IN - Trump: "Globalists are behind stock market sell off."
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) March 6, 2025
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X
: WRONG. total
(moid) death
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I do enjoy the claim the funding is to make people go . That's one for the q bank.
Given the number of wh*te males taking T you would think they would get the value in understanding effects of that treatment. The same research is also very useful for things like prostate cancer which can cause T production to go fricking insane and many of us will end up being diagnosed with.
They also really don't get that the admin overhead is engineered in to fund basic research and lab building, that's part of the stated objective of NiH funding not something hidden. NSF does exactly the same thing, in both cases literally a directive from congress. NASA also do it.
Conclusion: chuds hate science, chuds are r-slurred and chuds are a pro-death cult.
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