Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is under fire this week for granting commercial driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants, is now making no secret he’s interested in following Donald Trump as the next American president.
Appearing on “Sunday Morning” on CBS, Newsom answered positively when asked about his White House ambition.
“Yeah, I’d be lying otherwise. I’d just be lying. And I’m not – I can’t do that,” Newsom said.
“I’m looking forward to who presents themselves in 2028 and who meets that moment, and that’s the question for the American people.”
When asked about the specific reason he wants to be president, Newsom did not directly answer the question.
“I think the biggest challenge for anyone that runs of any office is people see right through you if you don’t have that why. You doing it for the wrong reasons,” he explained. “Look, fate will determine that.”
Gavin Newsom confirms he is gearing up to run for President in 2028
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 26, 2025
“I happen to, and thank God, I’m in the right business,” Newsom added when asked about his thrill in meeting South Carolina Democrats. “I love people. I actually love people.”
During the interview, Newsom blasted Trump as “an invasive species … for the country, for the world. He’s a wrecking ball. Not just the symbolism substance of the East Wing [of the White House], he’s wrecking alliances, truth, trust, tradition, institutions.”
Donald Trump is an invasive species. pic.twitter.com/kQ6TIRD98v
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) October 26, 2025
In a separate interview, Newsom opined that efforts to fight wokeness in America are simply “anti-black.”
“I mean they’re rewriting history, censoring historical facts. It’s an unf***ing-believable moment,” he indicated.
“All this anti-woke stuff is just anti-black. Period. Full stop. All the CRT, ESG, DEI stuff, that’s all this is. It’s this great urge and it’s happening in real time.”
Gavin Newsom: “All this anti-woke stuff is just anti-Black, period, full stop.” pic.twitter.com/sSbP1nuNNv
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) October 25, 2025
Jim Hoft at the Gateway Pundit slammed Newsom for his “failed leadership” in the Golden State, calling him “the man who presided over a mass exodus of businesses, rising homelessness, skyrocketing crime, and record-setting taxes.”
Hoft posted a list of “several major crises that have unfolded in Gavin Newsom’s tenure as governor of California, according to California Senate Republicans:”
10. Homelessness – The latest data shows California is home to America’s most homeless despite spending more than $20 billion of taxpayer dollars under Newsom’s leadership. The homeless crisis continues to spiral out of control.
9. Drought – California is being pummeled by several atmospheric river storms, yet we lack the water storage to capture it. Newsom has not delivered one extra drop of water to farmworkers and farmers in the state as California crops are being devastated because of the drought.
8. High Gas Prices – As a benefactor of the Getty oil money fortune, our dear governor has proposed a so-called “Windfall Profits Tax” on the state’s gasoline industry in the name of lowering gas prices. In fact, Newsom’s proposal would only hike up the cost of gasoline at the pump.
7. Early Release of Convicted Felons – Through an Executive Order, the governor’s California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation made it easier for thousands of convicted felons to be eligible for early release with little transparency.
6. Education Failures – According to statewide test scores released by the California Department of Education, 2/3 of California students failed to meet Math standards and more than half of California students did not meet the state’s English standards.
5. Businesses Fleeing California – Stanford University Hoover Institution Study reveals that businesses are leaving the state twice as fast as years prior. Businesses forced to flee are taking revenue, jobs, and opportunities with them.
4. EDD – Newsom ordered California’s businesses to shut down leaving hundreds of thousands of Californians unemployed. In a disorganized scramble to get out unemployment benefits, Newsom’s Employment Development Department sent out $33 billion in unemployment fraud. The number may be higher.
3. French Laundry Scandal/NFL Luxury Suite Scandal – During the coronavirus surge, Newsom attended a swanky dinner at the expensive French Laundry even though he discouraged Californians from traveling during the holidays and partied maskless in an NFL Luxury Suite despite state masking orders. Rules for thee but not for me, right governor?
2. Wildfire Prevention Efforts – An investigation from CapRadio and NPR’s California Newsroom found the governor overstated, by an astounding 690%, the number of acres treated with fuel breaks and prescribed burns. Newsom claimed that 35 “priority projects” were carried out as a result of his executive order which resulted in 90,000 acres being treated. But the state’s own data shows the actual number was only 11,399 acres.
1. High-Speed Rail – In his first State of the State remarks in 2019, Newsom declared his intentions to pull the plug on the massive public works failure known as the High-Speed Rail. Since then, he has flip-flopped and has been pouring billions of taxpayer dollars into this money pit.
This is ACTUALLY what Gavin looks like on the court.
pic.twitter.com/bLCEpsxtA2— Buzz Patterson (@BuzzPatterson) October 26, 2025
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