DIn the race for the refocusing of Democrats, Gavin Newsom struck hard. Governor of a state (California) furiously anti-Trump, the first American mayor to have married gay couples (in San Francisco, in 2004), the elected and possible hope of his party for the presidential 2028 did not hesitate to go against the dogma of the left on the participation of transgender athletes in female sport. “Deeply unfair”he said.
In the scale of the problems faced by the United States, the question of transgender sportsmen may not appear most crucial. The very confession of the President of University Sport, Charlie Baker, there is “Less than ten” Transgender athletes out of 510,000 athletes in competitions between universities.
But the Republicans made it one of the axes of their campaign in 2024, and the Democrats were trapped by the republican machine to make indignation. One of Donald Trump’s campaign clips who most harmed in Kamala Harris, according to the probers, is the one who shows the candidate, then providing California, defending access to gender transition surgery for detainees. “Kamala is for them; President Trump is for you ”said advertising.
“A question of equity”
Fascinated by the efficiency with which the Conservatives disseminate their messages, the Governor of California has long studied the Fox News “method”. After the defeat of Joe Biden, in November 2024, Gavin Newsom announced the launch of a podcast where he would only invite political adversaries. For his first program, on March 6, he received Charlie Kirk, 31, the founder of the Student of the right -wing USA right and the figurehead of aggressive conservatism. Installed in Arizona, Charlie Kirk is one of those who propagated the idea that the 2020 election had been “Stolen” to Donald Trump.
The conversation has stunned progressives. Sitting in club armchairs, Gavin Newsom, figure of anti-Trump “resistance”, and Charlie Kirk, the influencer of youth Maga, are kindly intended. The first entrusts his admiration to the second for having had a “Sacred impact” On the vote of young people. Admiration shared by his 13 -year -old son, admits the Democrat. And to ask his guest advice on how to rejuvenate the party’s message. “Find better ideas, governor”answers the thirties, who welcomes herself not having any university degree, “Like the majority of the country”.
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