Fox News primetime devoted extensive attention to Gavin Newsom, with hosts commenting on his image and retweets. Newsom has hosted conservative figures and expressed skepticism about trans teenagers and trans athletes, framing those concerns in media appearances. He maintains a personal podcast despite gubernatorial responsibilities. After a 2024 Supreme Court ruling on criminalizing sleeping outside, Newsom intensified efforts to clear homeless encampments, boasting of thousands demolished and participating in some clearings. He has been personally involved in encampment removals for years, including notable actions such as the Oakland Wood Street camp clearance in 2022.
Newsom is at his most cartoon-evil-villain when it comes to the rights and dignity of the most at-risk Americans. In March, he had notorious rightwinger Charlie Kirk on his podcast in order to throw trans teenagers under the bus, and earlier this summer, he repeated worries about trans teen athletes stealing "opportunities" from cis teen athletes-on, you guessed it, another podcast . (As an aside, you should not have time to have your own fucking podcast if you're the governor of the fourth-largest economy in the world.)
But Newsom's favorite vulnerable demographic to stick it to is the homeless. Since the Supreme Court ruled in 2024 that jurisdictions can criminalize sleeping outside, he's doubled down on efforts to clear homeless encampments across the state, bragging that 16,000 such communities have been demolished-and gleefully participated in destroying some . He's been personally involved in eliminating such encampments for years (s ee the above photo, which is from 2021), including Oakland's Wood Street camp in 2022.
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