Progressive journalist says Newsom must take 'accountability' for how he 'destroyed' California
On "Her Take," a new Valuetainment Studios podcast, co-hosts spoke about the current crop of Democratic leaders who may be vying to lead the party in the 2028 election. In the wake of President Donald Trump's historic victory in 2024, the Democratic Party has been deeply divided over not just who should take the reins, but whether they need a fundamental shift in policy.
Co-host Jillian Michaels, a former Californian, brought up how Newsom is a potential frontrunner for the upcoming election, drawing an immediate wave of dismay from her co-hosts.
"This guy has tried," Michaels said, noting that the governor is changing his tactics. "He's taken notes, he's tried to be somewhat critical of his own party, he's tried to reach out to the other side. He's tried to be antithetical to, you know, 'everything exists in our silo, and we don't reach across the aisle.' He's tried to show himself."
Kasparian, a left-wing commentator who frequently shreds California's far-left policies, replied, "I will never take that piece of crap seriously, and yes, I'm calling Gavin Newsom, my governor unfortunately, a piece of crap until he does some accountability for how he destroyed the state of California."
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Rather than take a broad look at the Democratic Party, Kasparian recommended that Newsom "look inward and take a good hard look at the policies that you championed in our state that have completely destroyed the state."
"He's trying to blame Donald Trump for the loss of jobs in California," she added. "Are you kidding me? The loss of jobs started well before Trump won the election, and it was the result of his policies, cumbersome regulations, that have now led to oil companies, for instance, deciding, 'We're not doing this anymore, we're going to leave.'"
Kasparian also argued that crime has exploded under his watch.
"You have rampant crime that Democrats want to deny exists, but it obviously does when businesses close up shop and move to other states because the cost of doing business is so expensive," she said. "Insuring businesses in California is astronomical because of the issues with crime."
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Kasparian went on to condemn the governor, claiming, "in an effort to save California money, he preemptively shut down four state prisons. There is no room to put any of these inmates in."
This has caused an issue for the state, she said, where now county jails that were already overflowing now have to release inmates "regardless of how much time they've served."
"Even if they've been sentenced to decades behind bars, they're being released after serving two, three years because there's no room for them," Kasparian said.
Michaels shared a story about a man who was released early from jail after he invaded her house with a video camera and duct tape.
"Gavin Newsom is a wrecking ball to California. He is, as [Adam] Corolla says, a 'policy disaster,'" she lamented.Original article source: Progressive journalist says Newsom must take 'accountability' for how he 'destroyed' California
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