{"id":1911904,"date":"2023-04-08T14:43:40","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T18:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-gov-newsoms-red-state-tour-isnt-going-well\/"},"modified":"2023-04-08T14:45:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T18:45:30","slug":"california-gov-newsoms-red-state-tour-isnt-going-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-gov-newsoms-red-state-tour-isnt-going-well\/","title":{"rendered":"California Gov. Newsom\u2019s Red State Tour Isn&#8217;t Going Well"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-gov-newsoms-red-state-tour-isnt-going-well%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1911904&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><section>\n<p>In columns over the years, and on countless media appearances in which I\u2019m asked for my opinion about various California Democrats seeking higher office, I\u2019ve consistently made the observation that California Democrats have a very tough time getting traction outside of the state because they\u2019ve never been challenged on their positions or been held accountable by the media in any way. They don\u2019t even need to give campaign speeches or long-form interviews because at this point they don\u2019t need to. So, <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/jenvanlaar\/2020\/08\/12\/in-honor-of-kamala-harris-vp-nomination-a-wrap-up-of-her-terribleness-n250856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">like Kamala Harris<\/a>, once the rest of the country gets to see what they\u2019re all about, they\u2019re not fans.<\/p>\n<p>Gavin Newsom is the latest California political superstar to suffer this fate, and he hasn\u2019t even declared for POTUS yet. Over the last week or so he\u2019s been traveling to red states, acting like the savior who\u2019ll be bringing enlightenment to the rubes stuck there. Unsurprisingly, for anyone who\u2019s ever lived outside a narcissistic bubble, that doesn\u2019t go over well, especially in the South.<\/p>\n<p>An article in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/04\/06\/gavin-newsom-california-red-state-democrats-00090950\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Friday\u2019s Politico<\/a> lays it all out: James Carville calls Newsom\u2019s tour a stunt; Nikki Fried says he should stay home; a leading Texas activist worries about Newsom\u2019s condescending manner; and Newsom insiders share that Newsom is obsessed with reading \u201cright wing\u201d news sites.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s get to it!<\/p>\n<p>We must start with this description:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n[L]ike a California cabernet left out on a humid afternoon, the Newsom brand may not travel all that well. Montgomery is a long way from Sacramento, and Newsom\u2019s political machine has only been tested in friendly territory, where his party enjoys a supermajority. Many Democrats will be glad to spend his money, but it\u2019s far less clear that they\u2019ll want his advice or his obsessive focus on the culture-war contrasts between Democratic and Republican states.<\/p>\n[T]his strategy bets that the message of a California governor \u2014 who made his fortune in fine wines and has deep ties to elite San Franciscans like Nancy Pelosi \u2014 can resonate elsewhere.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Just like everyone else, Florida Democrats bristle at <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/sister-toldjah\/2023\/04\/06\/gavin-newsom-gets-the-welcome-he-deserves-during-visit-to-ron-desantis-florida-n727379\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsom\u2019s pissing match with DeSantis<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p data-content-child-index=\"0-1\">State Party Chair Nikki Fried said she\u2019d welcome extra resources \u201cto highlight the failures of Ron DeSantis,\u201d but there are limits. She also said Newsom\u2019s favorite California-versus-Florida framing, which resonates with some West Coast liberals, would backfire in DeSantis\u2019 backyard.<\/p>\n<p data-content-child-index=\"0-2\">\u201cWhat would not be helpful is a comparison between the two states,\u201d Fried said. \u201cFlorida is very different from California.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-content-child-index=\"0-2\">And Newsom\u2019s extremely progressive and combative style can be a problem in states where the sensitivities are a bit different. Matt Angle of the Lone Star Project, a PAC committed to defeating Republicans, says:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p data-content-child-index=\"0-2\">Democrats [in Texas] need to show the \u201cthe contrast between responsible mainstream Democrats and irresponsible, extreme Republicans,\u201d he said \u2014 not \u201cmore \u2018turn Texas blue\u2019 pep rallies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-content-child-index=\"0-3\">\u201cThe resources are needed, and there is some smart money that gets spent in Texas from outside,\u201d Angle said. \u201cBut Texans, even Democrats, resent people coming in and acting like they\u2019re bringing fire to cavemen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-content-child-index=\"0-2\">Another Southerner, a legendary Democrat strategist, has doubts:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p data-content-child-index=\"0-2\">\u201cIt just strikes me as a kind of a stunt,\u201d said James Carville, a Democratic political operative with deep experience in the South. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to carry Oklahoma anyway, or Kentucky for that matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-content-child-index=\"0-2\">He\u2019s right, and especially if Newsom uses the same schtick in those states that he does in California. Democrats in North Carolina are making the same mistakes, as more and more transplants fill the urban areas with their radically progressive policies and tendencies. Having lived in the Tar Heel State for 20 years, I know that North Carolinians of any political stripe violently resent outsiders moving to the state and telling them how to run it or how they can do things better. What we\u2019re seeing in that state currently, with the override of Gov. Roy Cooper\u2019s veto on a bill eliminating pistol permits and Rep. Tricia Cotham (who comes from a prominent Democrat family) <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/sister-toldjah\/2023\/04\/05\/watch-chickens-come-home-to-roost-for-nc-dems-after-party-switcher-roasts-them-during-presser-n726860\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moving to the Republican party<\/a>, are examples of what happens when Newsom\u2019s brand of in-your-face, condescending progressivism takes hold in a Southern state.<\/p>\n<p data-content-child-index=\"0-2\">Will Newsom or his advisers heed any of these warnings? He\u2019s obsessed with conservative media and has an inferiority complex, and his advisers dwell in his bubble \u2013 and don\u2019t want to get fired \u2013 so, that\u2019s not very likely.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p data-content-child-index=\"0-2\">The governor is known to spend hours a day absorbing far-right media and often laments conservatives\u2019 ability to dominate the narrative. \u201cSomehow, Democrats are constantly on the defense,\u201d he wrote in a recent campaign email. \u201c\u2026 That has to end. We have to flip the \u2018red state freedom\u2019 narrative on its head.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-content-child-index=\"0-2\">\u2026<\/p>\n<p data-content-child-index=\"0-2\">While Newsom\u2019s advisers comprise the dominant campaign team in California, they have little experience with the politics of conservative America.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And therein lies the problem. Those of us in California are very happy to have the rest of America find out just how unbearable and, frankly, not very smart, Gavin Newsom is.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p> Trending on RedState Video <\/p>\n<div id=\"Brid_75693711\"><video id=\"Brid_75693711_html5\" preload=\"none\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/shared\/5443\/live\/partners\/5440\/sd\/1277065.mp4\"><\/video><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&#8216;The Little Mermaid&#8217; Live Action Remake Will Rewrite Song Lyrics to Coddle Liberal Sensitivities<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In columns over the years, and on countless media appearances in which I\u2019m asked for my opinion about various California Democrats seeking higher office, I\u2019ve consistently made the observation that California Democrats have a very tough time getting traction outside of the state because they\u2019ve never been challenged on their positions or been held accountable<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1911905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[4045,8338,5778,4883,7741,12074],"class_list":["post-1911904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-california","tag-gov","tag-isnt","tag-newsoms","tag-red","tag-tour"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1911904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1911905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1911904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1911904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1911904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}