Gavin Newsom’s attempted shift from West Coast, authoritarian governor to affable, centrist presidential hopeful went into overdrive last week. On the first episode of yet another new Gavin-hosted podcast (let’s not forget his ongoing podcast with, of all people, former Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch), Newsom made headlines by breaking with the broader Democrat Party on the issue of males playing women’s sports.
Newsom shouldn’t be allowed to wear the “moderate” mantle just yet on transgenderism. NR’s Jim Geraghty correctly noted last week that Newsom is not likely to actually reverse any California laws that allow students to participate in sports on the basis of “gender identity,” and the commentariat largely understand that his change of heart is transparently insincere. But we should also note Newsom’s record of signing far more harmful legislation to house males in women’s correctional facilities, with predictably devastating consequences — consequences that are on full display in a Central California rape trial.
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