Gavin Newsom Admits He Is A Shapeshifter

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he had “been shape-shifted” in recent years during a Thursday interview on “Next Up with Mark Halperin.”

Newsom has been conducting interviews while promoting his new book, “Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery.” He said on the show that he had completely transformed following recent political struggles during his governorship.

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“I don’t know if you’ve seen this. I don’t know that anyone cares to see it. I’m on the other side of a lot of things right now. I’ve been shape-shifted in the last couple years,” Newsom said. “After the recall, I came out a totally different person. After the fires in Los Angeles, where I was on my heels and getting just crushed by Elon and by Trump and the right-wing media and Hannity and all these guys, 24/7 just trying to tear us down, pushing another recall.”

“And then June of last year when Donald Trump called me for 17 minutes, didn’t read me any riot act, just wanted to read me in on his psychosis as it relates to nicknames and whether or not Kamala Harris really beat him in the debate and then federalized the National Guard,” he continued. “And I’m just on the other side of things.”

Newsom has also faced criticism for allegedly code-switching when talking to black Americans