Newsom’s slow drift to the right became a jolt when, on the first segment of his new podcast, “This Is Gavin Newsom,” he declared opposition to transgender women competing in women’s sports.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is using his statements on transgender athletes to shift the focus of the country’s electorate from culture wars and populism to policy and results, and to

Newsom, whose name is rarely mentioned in the press without the antecedent “potential presidential candidate,” launched a podcast last week called “ This is Gavin Newsom ,” and he immediately made headlines for telling Charlie Kirk that he is troubled by the issue of fairness in the matter of transgender athletes competing on women’s sports teams.