Commentary
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s speech after his Nov. 8 victory shows more about his presidential plans than about how he’ll govern California. His 57.3 percent of the vote this time was down from the 61.9 percent of his 2018 victory, even though his opponent this time, Republican Brian Dahle, was close to invisible to voters.
That 4.6 percentage-point drop shows not all Californians are happy with his governance. Still, a victory is a victory.
He began, “But I’m also deeply motivated and mindful of all the energy in this room, particularly the affirmative step the state of California took, the people of California took in unambiguous terms to assert our values and to go on the offense and to state overwhelmingly that we are a freedom state, that we support the rights of women and girls’ reproductive care.”…