Pressed further, he clarified he does not believe the term applies to Israel’s present.
Gavin Newsom is an idiot and his instincts are laughably bad here.
Who is this supposed to win over? Is he still gunning for the AIPAC money? What an utter spineless coward. Why would AIPAC trust him and why would the average voter trust him?
Gavin Newsom is an AWFUL choice to put our energy behind and his cowardly inability to reckon with Israel exposes how incredibly unfit for office he is.
If the DNC is allowed to consolidate power around Gavin Newsom, the next election WILL be lost to Republicans on a basis of centrist unwillingness to stand up to Israel and the winning Republican alternative will come from a rightwing racist bent (Tucker Carlson?) rather than a leftist anti-colonialist one and when that future comes it WILL be Gavin Newsom's fault for needing his turn to play president like Biden needed his.
https://decisiondeskhq.substack.com/p/americans-dont-really-like-gavin-newsom
However, Newsom’s national standing is relatively poor. In Decision Desk HQ’s polling average, only about 30% of poll respondents have a favorable view of him, while about 42% hold an unfavorable opinion. Since early in 2025, attitudes toward Newsom have tended to be more negative than positive, except for about a three-month spell last fall when his net standing was closer to even.
...and this is before Gavin tries to pathetically tack to some imagined centrist position on Israel that makes absolutely everybody hate him except his AIPAC handlers.
The latest Newsom budget, released last month, continues his trajectory away from social compassion. “The governor’s 2026-27 spending plan balances the budget by dodging the harsh realities of the Republican megabill, H.R. 1, and maintains state cuts to vital public supports, like Medi-Cal, enacted as part of the current-year budget,” the California Budget & Policy Center pointed out. “Governor Newsom’s reluctance to propose meaningful revenue solutions to help blunt the harm of federal cuts undermines his posture to counter the Trump administration.” The statement said that the proposed budget “will leave many Californians without food assistance and healthcare coverage.”
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/is-gavin-newsom-progressive
He looks the part and for a depressingly large amount of voters, that’s enough.