California's Newsom takes aim: GOP destined for 'waste bin of history'

[DonViejo]

The generously coiffed former San Francisco mayor, who spent the better part of the last decade waiting his turn back in the political klieg lights, is on the attack, and on multiple fronts.

By JOSEPH J. SCHATZ and CARLA MARINUCCI 06/17/2019 05:03 AM EDT

SACRAMENTO — Don’t look now, but Gavin Newsom is making some noise.

He’s coming out swinging at Donald Trump (and Fox News). Emerging from Jerry Brown’s shadow. Pushing an ambitious state policy agenda backed by a fatter-than-ever budget. Preparing the ground, many believe, for his own potential run at national office after the 2020 circus winds down.

The generously coiffed former San Francisco mayor, who spent the better part of the last decade waiting his turn back in the political klieg lights, is on the attack, and on multiple fronts.

Speaking to POLITICO in his office at the state Capitol, California’s new governor uses superlatives like “magnificent” to describe his achievements in his first six months, basks in the bliss (for now) of leading a Democratic super-majority in Sacramento and wastes no opportunity to score points on the national stage.

“America in 2019 is California in the 1990s,” Newsom says, not approvingly. “The xenophobia, the nativism, the fear of ‘the other.’ Scapegoating. Talking down or past people. The hysteria. And so, we’re not going to put up with that. We are going to push back.”

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[hlthe2b]

1. Anyone ever seen a comment from him re: ex-wife, Kimberly Guilifoyle and Junior?

Just curious. (yes, they have been divorced a long time and her RW turn was likewise a long time ago, but I'm just having one of those "to be a fly on the wall" feelings... LOL )