Gavin Newsom Quotes
The Republican Party - that was the end of the Republican Party. What Pete Wilson did with the xenophobia and the negative attitude, all this sort of anti-crime backlash.
Newsom, Gavin. Interview with Los Angeles Times, 2018.
He was providing historical perspective to the 2016 Republican Party split in which nativism and anti-immigration was a major factor.
The Senator was trying to make a constructive criticism of his party’s outreach strategy. Their largest, most enthusiastic, supporter group was then the ‘angry white male’. Many Republicans advocated political strategies to appeal to them. Graham realized that they had to get beyond that demographic group in order to be a thriving political party in the future.
He and many ultra conservatives believe that given a choice between a moderate Republican and a Democrat, the Democrat will win because the conservative wing of the party will never by enthusiastic about a moderate candidate. The moderate Republicans argue that Republicans are a minority party and especially so when it comes to electoral votes. To win a Republican must get Independent and Moderate Democrat votes. A very conservative candidate will never be able to do that.
While the existence of many racists who tried to delegitimize our first Black President is clear, the good news is that they were a minority of Americans and despite the lies and slanders, the majority of American chose Obama—a Black man—as their resident, not once but twice.
The Republican Party at the time was in the midst of a takover by Donald Trump, the nativists and teh Tea Party. Their world view and their view of the proper role the U. S. in teh word, was almost diametically opposite to that of the Republican Party of the previous 120 years and still held by many of the elected Republican Office holders where only a few would express their real view for fear of a primary election challange from the right or losing the support of the Trump voters which might lead to their defeat by Democrats.
Baker was referring to the "enviornmental" table -- the forums and institutions that had been and will continue to make decisions that effect many countries, By being too skeptical, the Reoublicans of the era took themselves out of the arena of policy and decision making on enviornment throughout the world. He urged that they get involved more actively.
Gavin Christopher Newsom is an American politician and businessman serving as the 40th and current governor of California since January 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 49th lieutenant governor of California from 2011 to 2019 and as the 42nd mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.
