{"id":2572723,"date":"2026-02-23T17:06:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T22:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gavin-newsom-says-democrats-should-be-more-culturally-normal\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T17:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T22:09:12","slug":"gavin-newsom-says-democrats-should-be-more-culturally-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gavin-newsom-says-democrats-should-be-more-culturally-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Newsom says Democrats should be more &#8216;culturally normal&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fgavin-newsom-says-democrats-should-be-more-culturally-normal%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=2572723&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--><p>Gavin Newsom argues that Democrats should be more culturally normal and spend less time on pronouns and identity politics, shifting their focus to bread-and-butter issues that affect voters daily. In a CNN interview, he said the party should prioritize economic concerns\u2014such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-is-full-steam-ahead-with-new-coal-plants-as-the-west-goes-green\/\" title=\"China Is Full Steam Ahead With New Coal Plants As The West Goes Green\">rising electricity bills<\/a>, childcare costs, healthcare, and housing\u2014over cultural debates. The remarks come as Democrats reassess their political strategy after recent campaigns that highlighted affordability and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reality-bites-the-democrats\/\" title=\"Reality Bites the ...\">kitchen-table issues<\/a>, rather than culture-war battles, and as speculation grows about Newsom\u2019s potential bid for president in 2028. The piece notes that in 2025 Democrats found success by centering on economic concerns and public safety, with Virginia\u2019s Abigail Spanberger stressing safety and the well-being of families in schools. It also references a poll showing democrats and Republicans tied on the economy heading into 2026,and mentions Democratic messaging efforts led by DNC Chair Ken Martin to return to a \u201cback to basics\u201d approach\u2014emphasizing jobs,health care,and the economy while treating transgender issues as part of personal freedom rather than a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-eric-swalwell-falls-for-failed-virginia-tiki-torch-hoax\/\" title=\"Rep. Eric Swalwell Falls for Failed Virginia Tiki Torch Hoax\u00a0\">divisive culture war<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Newsom says Democrats should be more &lsquo;culturally normal,&rsquo; focus less on pronouns<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1426\">Gov. Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D-CA) says <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"249\">Democrats<\/a> need to become more &ldquo;culturally normal&rdquo; and spend less time focused on debates over pronouns and identity politics, as he believes the party should put greater emphasis on economic concerns affecting voters&rsquo; daily lives.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No doubt that the Democratic Party needs to be, dare I say, more culturally normal. I believe that less prone to spending disproportionate amount of time on pronouns, identity politics, more focused on table top issues, things that really matter, the stacking of stress in terms of electricity bills and child care costs, and healthcare, and obviously housing costs,&rdquo; Newsom said in an interview on CNN&rsquo;s <em>Inside Politics<\/em> Monday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4468243\/robert-de-niro-cries-advises-endure-trump-fire\/\">Robert De Niro cries as he advises people to endure Trump&#8217;s &#8216;fire&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4468256\/whatley-yes-stock-trade-ban-senate-race-builds\/\">Whatley backs congressional stock trading ban as North Carolina Senate race heats up<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4468224\/newsom-dhs-pardon-cambodian-illegal-immigrant\/\">Newsom scolds Trump administration for criticizing his pardon of illegal immigrant: &#8216;Spare us the outrage&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Newsom&rsquo;s comments come on the eve of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3912087\/gavin-newsom-announces-new-memoir-2026\/\">his book release, <\/a><em>Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery,<\/em> and speculation continues to grow that he will run for president in 2028. They also arrive as Democrats reassess their political strategy following recent election cycles in which cultural debates &mdash; particularly around gender identity and pronouns &mdash; became a major point of attack from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"926\">Republicans. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;How easily we get trapped in that, how I&rsquo;ve fallen prey to that,&rdquo; Newsom added. &ldquo;I mean, here I was way out front on marriage equality. So I understand this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In the 2025 elections, several <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3909057\/democrats-2026-momentum-republican-sabotage\/\">Democrats saw success<\/a> by centering campaigns on affordability and other &ldquo;kitchen table&rdquo; issues rather than <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3237997\/democrats-2024-defeats-battle-for-soul-of-the-party\/\">cultural fights.<\/a> In Virginia, Democratic gubernatorial candidate <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3904644\/democrats-young-men-gains-2025-elections\">Abigail Spanberger<\/a> focused heavily on economic concerns and public safety, a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4454297\/democrats-affordability-fundraising-gop-midterms\/\">strategy some Democrats now see as a model <\/a>for the party moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m a mother of three daughters in Virginia public schools, and nothing is more important to me than their safety and their experience in school,&rdquo; Spanberger said during a Virginia debate when asked about transgender issues in schools. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m also a former federal agent who worked to investigate crimes against children, and nothing is more important to me than the safety of all of our children.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4362182\/democrats-republicans-tied-voters-economy-2026-survey\/\"><strong>DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS TIED ON ECONOMY HEADING INTO 2026, SURVEY FINDS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Republicans, including then-Virginia GOP candidate <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/winsome-earle-sears\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2364\">Winsome Earle-Sears<\/a> during that gubernatorial cycle, frequently leaned into cultural issues, such as transgender policies in schools and parental rights debates.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3830854\/ken-martin-confidence-democrats-regaining-power\/\">DNC Chair Ken Martin<\/a> has focused the party on a &ldquo;back to basics&rdquo; approach, shifting the Democratic Party&rsquo;s messaging on &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >kitchen table issues&#038;rdquo<\/a>; &mdash; such as the economy, jobs, and health care &mdash; while framing transgender issues as a component of personal freedom, rather than a divisive &ldquo;culture war&rdquo; topic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newsom: Dems should be more normal, fewer pronouns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3970,"featured_media":2572724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP24190829726205.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[52371,3685,32742],"class_list":["post-2572723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-culture-2","tag-democrats","tag-gavin-newsom"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP24190829726205.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572723","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\/3970"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2572723"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2572727,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572723\/revisions\/2572727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2572724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2572723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2572723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2572723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}