{"id":2576628,"date":"2026-03-05T18:23:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T23:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-engaging-in-blood-libel-on-israel-is-shapeshifter-practice\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T18:25:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T23:25:35","slug":"newsom-engaging-in-blood-libel-on-israel-is-shapeshifter-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-engaging-in-blood-libel-on-israel-is-shapeshifter-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom engaging in \u2018blood libel\u2019 on Israel is \u2018shapeshifter\u2019 practice"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fnewsom-engaging-in-blood-libel-on-israel-is-shapeshifter-practice%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=2576628&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>A Washington Examiner piece by columnist Joe Concha argues that California Gov. Gavin newsom is signaling a far-left shift to win the Democratic nomination, including calling Israel an \u201capartheid state\u201d and being described as the \u201cbiggest shapeshifter\u201d in politics. The article frames Newsom\u2019s rhetoric\u2014such as his remarks in Los angeles and his promotion of a memoir\u2014as part of a broader strategy to appeal to progressive voters and pursue a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pete-buttigieg-leans-into-new-media-ahead-of-possible-2028-run\/\" title=\"Pete Buttigieg leans into new media ahead of possible 2028 run\">potential 2028 presidential bid<\/a>, wiht Concha describing Newsom\u2019s instincts as pushing him to the left. It also notes Newsom\u2019s apparent distance from the Trump governance\u2019s policies, his criticisms of iran strikes, and his position as a leading Democratic challenger alongside Kamala Harris. the piece portrays Newsom as willing to say and do whatever it takes to win the nomination,even if it intensifies backlash or controversy.  <\/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 engaging in &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >blood libel<\/a>&rsquo; on Israel is &lsquo;shapeshifter&rsquo; practice: Joe Concha<\/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<div id=\"Brid_2522914\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner <\/em>columnist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/4479105\/maga-civil-war-iran-figment-media-imagination\/\">Joe Concha<\/a> said Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4478657\/gavin-newsom-endorsement-karen-bass-reelection-los-angeles-mayor\/\">Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D-CA) is following his &ldquo;instincts&rdquo; in going &ldquo;far to the left&rdquo; to win the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4478007\/democrats-opt-out-2026-party-convention-promised-gop\/\">Democratic Party&rsquo;s<\/a> nomination for president.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom compared Israel to an<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4479965\/gavin-newsom-israel-apartheid-us-question-military-support\/\"> &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspect-in-shooting-deaths-of-two-israeli-embassy-workers-indicted-on-hate-crime-charges-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Suspect in shooting deaths of two ...i Embassy workers indicted on hate crime charges - Washington Examiner\">apartheid state&#038;rdquo<\/a>;<\/a> while promoting his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4475082\/memoirs-potential-presidential-candidates-shed-light-2028-strategy\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4475082\">memoir<\/a> in Los Angeles on Tuesday, suggesting its current leadership has pushed the United States toward a point where reconsidering military assistance may be unavoidable. Concha described Newsom&rsquo;s comparison as a &ldquo;textbook example&rdquo; for how the governor is &ldquo;the biggest shapeshifter&rdquo; in politics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4482569\/trump-us-focus-cuba-after-iran-in-couple-weeks\/\">Trump all but declares US will turn focus to Cuba after Iran in &#8216;a couple of weeks&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/4482526\/paramount-ellison-cnn-cbs-warner-bros-merger\/\">Paramount CEO suggests CNN and CBS News to stay separate after Warner Bros. merger<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4482262\/roundup-markwayne-mullins-arguments-in-congress\/\">Roundup of Markwayne Mullin&#8217;s greatest arguments and clashes in Congress<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s never spoken in this capacity regarding Israel, as far as I can see, but his instincts are telling him to go far to the left with this kind of ridiculous, reckless rhetoric because that&rsquo;s gonna get him the Democratic nomination for president,&rdquo; Concha said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Fox &amp; Friends First<\/em> Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He feels he has to go full AOC, full [Zohran] Mamdani, full [Rashida] Tlaib and [Ilhan] Omar with this blood libel against Israel.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3412564&amp;userid=11311&amp;usertype=user&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=ce0ef79e125b7fec8fe778af863d0a7d\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Concha added that Newsom&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/4466215\/tension-obama-newsom-heir-democrats\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4466215\">&ldquo;thirst&rdquo; for the presidency<\/a> and its power is &ldquo;like no one we have ever seen,&rdquo; and predicted the governor will say whatever he can to achieve this.<\/p>\n<p>Concha said Newsom and former Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4480277\/kamala-harris-offers-james-talarico-full-support-texas-primary\/\">Kamala Harris<\/a> are the current frontrunners for the Democratic Party&rsquo;s presidential nomination. For Newsom, the strategy is doing &ldquo;whatever it takes&rdquo; to win the nomination, and then &ldquo;worry&rdquo; about the means he used to achieve this end later.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4478747\/california-democratic-chair-warn-gubernatorial-struggles-drop\/\"><strong>CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR TELLS STRUGGLING GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES TO DROP OUT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Newsom confirmed in October that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3864478\/newsom-considering-2028-run-calls-trump-invasive-species\/\">he is mulling a 2028 bid for the White House<\/a>, saying he&rsquo;d be &ldquo;lying&rdquo; if he denied it. The governor released his memoir, <em>Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery<\/em>, last month, and is <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4474954\/gavin-newsom-book-tour-missteps-national-campaign-growing-pains\/\">touring the country to promote it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom is one of several prominent Democrats critical of the U.S. strikes against Iran, saying President Donald Trump is <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4477066\/2028-presidential-election-hopefuls-slam-trump-iran-strikes\/\">&ldquo;putting Americans at risk abroad because he is unpopular at home.&rdquo;<\/a> Newsom also <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4473089\/newsom-vance-rubio-phonies-switching-trump-critics-allies\/\">fired shots at other members of the Trump administration<\/a> last month, calling Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio &ldquo;phonies.&rdquo;<\/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>Concha: Newsom uses &#8216;blood libel&#8217; to win Dem nod<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2576629,"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\/03\/AP26061844223696_f4dcf8-e1772736925382.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548,33651,538],"tags":[75176,72630,4671],"class_list":["post-2576628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-blood-libel-2","tag-gavin-newsom-2","tag-israel"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26061844223696_f4dcf8-e1772736925382.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2576628","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2576628"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2576628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2576632,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2576628\/revisions\/2576632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2576629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2576628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2576628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2576628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}