Gavin Newsom’s Democrat Fangirls; He’s their new celebrity.

The American Spectator   

"His dinner at the elite French Laundry restaurant during the pandemic encompasses for many Newsom’s sense that he is above average Americans."

Dallas Morning News Editorial

"Not since Barack Obama graced American politics has a politician provoked the excited screams of Democrats as California Governor Gavin Newsom. Everywhere he goes, crowds greet him with near-idolization, as if he were an A-list celebrity rather than a politician.

"Perhaps the phenomenon began at the COP30 climate summit last month in Brazil, following Newsom’s successful effort to gerrymander California in Democrats’ favor. According to Reuters, conference attendees “swarmed” the governor wherever he walked, and occasional cheers broke out for him. According to the New York Times, Newsom was “trailed by crowds” to such an extent that his United Nations security detail struggled to get him to his events on time. At one point, the Times added, Newsom “waved to an applauding crowd.” One headline on the climate conference read, “Newsom Is the Star of COP30.” Another said

, “Newsom is a rock star at COP.” . . .

. . . "Axios reported today that his Democratic rivals are increasingly nervous about how quickly Newsom has burst out of the gate and are “plotting how to take [him] down.” The two emerging strategies for how to do so, per Axios, are 1) arguing that Newsom is too liberal and too connected with the coastal elite, and 2) using Newsom’s many scandals against him, including his affair with his subordinate.

"Another possible avenue of attack is the criminal indictment that has recently entangled Newsom’s former chief of staff. Recently, California Rep. Ro Khanna made waves when he said the indictments are a “toxic stain” on California. Khanna is right: The indictments cast suspicion on all that Newsom’s administration has done, especially given the level of power that the chief of staff had in the administration, as well as her allegations that the FBI (under President Joe Biden) was investigating Gavin Newsom himself. 

(RELATED: Arrest of Newsom’s Ex-Chief of Staff Prompts Allegations of Misconduct Within the Governor’s Office)

"Right now, Newsom is riding a wave of adulation normally reserved for celebrities. Unfortunately for Newsom, his rivals have plenty of material on him that they can use against him to take him down."

Ellie Gardey Holmes is Reporter and Associate Editor at The American Spectator. She is the author of Newsom Unleashed: The Progressive Lust for Unbridled Power. She is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where she studied political science, philosophy, and journalism. Ellie has previously written for the Daily Caller, College Fix, and Irish Rover.

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"The Democrats know they cannot push Newsom as a star due to his poor record. Ezra Klein writes that Newsom is "a liberal white guy from a state that much of the country considers badly governed, just didn’t seem like the profile the Democratic Party was looking for.' "