Newsom was a Feinstein protege. He’s a centrist who does some progressive things because he has to in order to get elected in a progressive state. In national office, I suspect he’d be politically positioned similarly to Obama and Biden, though probably with more showmanship.
Because he is not an actual progressive. Hes just a spoiled rich kid who like to pretend to be a progressive.
Newsom was a Feinstein protege. He’s a centrist who does some progressive things because he has to in order to get elected in a progressive state. In national office, I suspect he’d be politically positioned similarly to Obama and Biden, though probably with more showmanship.