Newsom Goes on Colbert, Warns 'We Will Not Have an Election In 2028 Unless We Wake Up'

""I wish I was on Kimmel tonight," he added. This was Newsom's first interview with Colbert since way back during the days, and Colbert's former mock-conservative on-air persona did not take kindly to then-Mayor Gavin Newsom and his liberal ideas. Tuesday's exchange was much friendlier, giving old Gavin another chance to sell himself as a national figure and a potential contender for the White House in 2028."

"Though Colbert did give a little ribbing to Newsom about the podcast he launched earlier this year in which he chatted with conservative figures, including Charlie Kirk himself in the inaugural episode. (When Colbert asked what Newsom got out of those conversations, he said "he "got a lot of grief" from Democrats.) Newsom spoke about "holding a mirror" up to Trump with his latest Twitter strategy, posting mocking all-caps tweets that are clearly aimed at satirizing Trump's own, absurd social media presence."

"Newsom issued a stark warning that "we will not have an election in 2028 unless we wake up." And he did a full-court press campaigning for Prop 50 on which Republicans are already spending a ton of money, on ads for the "No" campaign which would be California's Democratic response to Texas Republicans' gerrymander effort to snatch more seats in Congress. "Donald Trump is weakness masquerading as strength," Newsom declared, later in the interview, discussing the seat-grab via gerrymander in multiple states."

Gavin Newsom appeared on late-night television to present himself as a national figure and a possible 2028 presidential contender. He defended a podcast that included conservative guests and said Democrats gave him grief for those conversations. He described a strategy of satirizing Donald Trump's social media by posting mocking all-caps tweets and said he was "holding a mirror" up to Trump. He warned that "we will not have an election in 2028 unless we wake up." He campaigned vigorously for Proposition 50, noting heavy Republican spending on "No" ads to counter gerrymandering efforts.

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