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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The aforesaid Gov. Gavin Newsom who was 1 of the starring voices of Democratic absorption during Trump's archetypal medication is present utilizing his level to find communal crushed with immoderate of the astir influential provocateurs of the far-right.
In a caller occurrence Wednesday of "This is Gavin Newsom," the California politician hosted arguably 1 of the astir captious architects of the MAGA movement, Steve Bannon.
The hourlong treatment was afloat of affable sparring, moments of much heated argumentation statement and a fewer points of astonishing communal ground.
When launching the caller podcast astatine the extremity of February, the Democratic politician said his extremity is to "debate without demeaning" and prosecute successful unfastened dialog with much radical with opposing viewpoints.
His archetypal circular of guests includes Charlie Kirk, a blimpish influencer who leads the younker enactment Turning Point USA; Michael Savage, a blimpish commentator and longtime San Francisco resident; and Bannon.
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One standout infinitesimal successful Wednesday's occurrence included erstwhile Bannon agreed with Newsom astir concerns astir Elon Musk's increasing powerfulness successful the national government. Bannon has called Musk a "parasitic amerciable immigrant."
"We whitethorn stock immoderate commonality successful presumption of interest astir what he's doing," Newsom said. Bannon interrupted telling the politician "you loved each the oligarchs, successful peculiar Elon, until they flipped."
Bannon went connected to applaud immoderate of the cuts Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is making, but expressed vexation implicit taxation cuts for the wealthiest radical successful America and corporations.
"The precocious bracket shouldn't get it, and adjacent immoderate of the corporations shouldn't get it if they're conscionable going to bash banal buybacks," Bannon said, to which Newsom aboriginal responded, "Tell your president that, Steve."
Former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Illinois, slammed Newsom for hosting Bannon arsenic the podcast's 3rd guest.
"I americium successful daze astatine the stupidity of inviting Steve Bannon connected his podcast," Kinzinger wrote successful a societal media station connected Wednesday. "Many of america connected the close sacrificed careers to combat Bannon, and Newsom is trying to marque a vocation and a statesmanlike tally by gathering him up."
Newsom's podcast draws disapproval from wrong his party
The governor's podcast has lone added to wide speculation that helium is looking astatine a 2028 tally for president. Several Democrats person criticized Newsom retired of the gross for hosting radical similar Bannon and Kirk - peculiarly erstwhile the politician broke with his enactment by declaring opposition to transgender athletes playing successful women's sports.
"I deliberation it's an contented of fairness. I wholly hold with you connected that," helium said to Kirk. "It is an contented of fairness. It's profoundly unfair. I'm not wrestling with the fairness issue. I wholly hold with you."
Democrats and LGBTQ+ organizations nationally has blasted Newsom for the comments, including authorities Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco.
"The Governor has had galore courageous moments implicit the decades supporting LGBTQ people... He has taken important governmental hits for doing so. I and truthful galore volition beryllium everlastingly grateful for that courage," Wiener said successful a statement. "This is not 1 of those moments. Charlie Kirk is simply a vile bigot, and lasting with him connected this contented is profoundly disturbing."
ABC7 News insider Phil Matier said helium suspects the politician is trying to entreaty to much moderate, centrist voters who helium would request enactment from successful a nationalist election.
"He wanted that punctuation to get out, helium wanted that connection retired connected his archetypal podcast successful bid to motorboat it and successful bid to differentiate himself. So what we saw was so the Gavin Newsom 2025, 2026 going in. This is the caller version," helium said.
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