Newsom Pledged to Campaign for Any Democrat. His Team Went Silent on the Marxist Question.
California UndergroundJuly 21, 202600:00:00

Newsom Pledged to Campaign for Any Democrat. His Team Went Silent on the Marxist Question.

Gavin Newsom says he'll campaign for any Democratic nominee heading into 2028 — but his team went quiet when asked if that includes candidates from a self-described "Marxist-Leninist-Maoist" caucus. This week: what Newsom actually said, what he wouldn't answer, and what it means for his national ambitions.

Also on the show: Katie Porter was a frontrunner for governor a year ago. She just finished fifth with 4.4% of the vote — and says she's done with politics. And Los Angeles still hasn't released its 2026 homeless count, six months after the fact, while the agency responsible just got suspended by HUD over what the feds called "fraud, failure, and flagrant mismanagement."

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