He should know. He made it that way.

California Governor Newsom Says the Democratic Brand Is ‘Toxic’
Gov. Gavin Newsom, appearing on “Real T
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/us/politics/newsom-democrats-toxic.html
"Gov. Gavin Newsom, appearing on “Real Time With Bill Maher,” said his own party talked down to people and was stuck in an echo chamber."

"Gov. Gavin Newsom of California said on Friday that the Democratic brand was “toxic” and that his party had to admit its own mistakes, delivering tough love as Democrats struggle in their fight against the Trump administration.

“We talk down to people,” he said. “We talk past people.”
The governor found in Mr. Maher a sympathetic figure who for decades has questioned Democratic orthodoxy despite his liberal leanings.
Mr. Newsom this month launched a new podcast, “This Is Gavin Newsom,” on which he has interviewed guests from across the political spectrum to discuss, in part, what went wrong for Democrats in the 2024 elections. Early episodes featured conversations with Charlie Kirk, who leads the youth organization Turning Point USA, and Steve Bannon, an architect of President Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement.
Those guests in particular drew fierce criticism from Mr. Newsom’s liberal allies, who accused the governor of legitimizing right-wing views and failing to correct inaccuracies expressed by his guests.
“This idea that we can’t even have a conversation with the other side?” Mr. Newsom said with incredulity Friday.
“You have to. They won,” Mr. Maher replied.
Democrats have split over how best to confront the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress, most notably this month when Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, delivered the votes to avoid a government shutdown. Mr. Schumer defended his decision as a responsible, if unpopular, choice. But many Democrats saw it as a sign that their party was weak.
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Mr. Newsom hosted Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, the Democratic vice-presidential candidate last year, for a conversation released last week about “where the hell our party is right now,” as Mr. Newsom put it.
“This is an existential moment, and our unity against Trump is not increasing our trust, it’s not helping the Democratic brand,” Mr. Newsom told Mr. Walz.
Senator John Fetterman, Democrat of Pennsylvania, also criticized his party on Friday, saying in an interview with Politico that the party would be in a “permanent minority” if it did not get its act together.
On Friday, Mr. Newsom told Mr. Maher: “We need to own our mistakes. We need to own what’s wrong with our party.”

Mr. Newsom surprised Democrats this month when he said on his podcast that it was “deeply unfair” for transgender athletes to play in female sports. He reiterated that stance on Friday night, to the approval of Mr. Maher.
The host, however, pressed Mr. Newsom on a California state law that prohibits school districts from requiring teachers to tell parents when a student asks to change their gender identity at school. The Trump administration asserted on Thursday that California’s law violated federal law, and Mr. Maher has taken the position that parents should be informed when their children seek an identity change.
Mr. Newsom defended the law as sound policy, saying that California simply wanted to protect teachers who “did not report or snitch on a kid talking about their gender identity.”

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Gavin Newsom on "Platforming" | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
Real Time with Bill Maher
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Two years ago he said the same thing
Newsom denies presidential run, urges overhaul of Democrats' strategy I ABC7
https://youtu.be/-FanCyzz4yk

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