Democrat Operative Takes Swipe At Gavin Newsom For Not Being ‘Authentic’

Christine Quinn, the former Democrat speaker of the New York City Council, criticized Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday for being inauthentic as he appears to flip-flop on left-wing issues.

Newsom told Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk on March 6 that men competing in women’s sports is “deeply unfair” and that his party is wildly out of touch on the issue, though his legislative track record would suggest otherwise. Quinn argued that Newsom is “identity shopping” through his sudden change on transgender issues and by not challenging Steve Bannon on the 2020 election claims during the most recent episode of his podcast, “This is Gavin Newsom.”

“You know what voters hate? People who are not authentic,” Quinn said. “Gavin Newsom is identity shopping. He is putting out different positions, flip-flopping on the transgender issue, interviewing Steve Bannon, not challenging that Trump won the election, and then he’s gonna say what the polls say about it. People hate that! I don’t disagree, we should really look hard at ourselves as Democrats on why we lost, but if you run away from who you are, you are not being introspective, you’re being a coward. He should drill down on who he is, he should be a good governor, put out a good record and that will be compelling.”

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Quinn suggested that Newsom’s flip-flopping on transgender issues and his talks with supporters of President Donald Trump will not help the Democrat Party in future elections, arguing that the party lost in 2024 due to the economy and inflation.

“I don’t think that we Democrats lost because we stood with transgender people,” Quinn continued. “We Democrats lost because we didn’t drill down on the economy and what was hurting people in their pocketbooks. It wasn’t the one issue, it was the lack of having other issues clearly articulated. But again, had a position prior where he stood with the transgender community. He’s never stood with MAGA people before, he’s looking to creating himself into something that he’s not.”