# I don’t grok the Newsom dislike among engaged Democrats **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 19, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-grok-the-newsom-dislike-among-engaged-democrats/1033980 "2026-10-19T21:35:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 152
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2026, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-grok-the-newsom-dislike-among-engaged-democrats/1033980/152 "2026-10-22T20:08:06Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Based on the poll at in post 120, I don’t think there’s much animosity at all. Yeah, but oddly “33%Some Vibes - but there is something else big in addition to this.” is the most popular, but I have not seen any valid reasons why posters do not like Newsom, other than a gut feeling he is smarmy or similar. Which is valid of course. So, Other than two posters who somehow think Newsoms record of LBGT+ laws is bad- which is demonstrably false- I have not seen anything that would qualify as “something else big”. Of course, there are 132 posts up until this one, so I may have missed something. > [@Dr.Drake](#): > > (substitute “Doctor Fell” with “Gavin N.”) Cute- and true. > [@ricepad](#): > > I think he gets most of them right, but a few of them (trans athletes, for instance) wrong. His stance on trans athletes is that there is a possible issue of fairness in competitive sports with viewpoints that have to be considered. [After Criticism, Newsom Urges Clearer Rules for Trans Girls in Sports | KQED](https://www.kqed.org/news/12061591/after-criticism-newsom-urges-clearer-rules-for-trans-girls-in-sports) > Newsom signed a bill into [law](https://www.outsports.com/2025/10/15/24120449/gavin-newsom-california-equity-sports-trans-athletes-commission-cif/) Oct. 13 that requires the creation of a state commission to study inclusion in youth sports, including of trans youth. The commission has been alternately praised and criticized — while some Democrats have championed the study as a means to improve access for all children, regardless of gender identity, some advocates worry the commission could serve as a backdoor ban for trans kids. Ignore the Podcast with Kirk, where Newsom was trolling Kirk. Think about what Newsom has _actually done_ for trans persons- which is sign a bunch of laws protecting their rights. Basing some Politicians viewpoints on an issue based upon one Podcast, instead of what he has actually done is silly. > [@Tamerlane](#): > > He is also still pushing that damn boondoggle of a bullet train, another thing Jerry Brown got wrong Not Brown, not Newsom. **The Voters.** It was a CA Proposition and passed with a solid majority. Ignoring that would be illegal and unwise. > [@Tamerlane](#): > > ETA: Personally I would like to see a draconian end to billionaires and massive generational wealth via confiscatory death taxes and extremely punitive but very carefully targeted progressive wealth taxes. Wealth taxes are foolish- no nation has them (IIRC a couple tried than got rid of them). But yeah, lets bring back the old Estate tax before the GOP meddled with it. The _base_ Estate tax exception was a mere $675,000 back in 2001- plus extra for a personal residence, etc. > [@DSeid](#): > > The OP was explicitly asking for responses from the select group of those who don’t particularly like him, wanting to understand why. Posters posting why they love him and arguing with those reasons offered on point to the OP read like threadshit to me. > [@Calder](#): > > I don’t get the hate for Newsom. Help me understand it. > [@Calder](#): > > Genuinely curious what people here think. > [@Tamerlane](#): > > Oh, I don’t think so. If the thread title was something like - I don’t understand the dislike of Newsom, will people who specifically dislike him explain why?, I think that would be less open to interpretation. That might have been what the OP intended, but it doesn’t read that way at quick glance. Right. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-grok-the-newsom-dislike-among-engaged-democrats/1033980)._