When Gavin Newsom made his much-debated debut as a podcaster in March, he entered the arena by calling on Charlie Kirk as his first guest. The California governor drew significant blowback for his congeniality with Kirk, who had made opposition to a sweeping concept of “wokeism” his calling card, especially as Newsom split from Democrats by telling the star right-wing personality that he believes the participation of transgender athletes in women’s sports is “deeply unfair.” But Newsom told Kirk that his 13-year old son had wanted to take the day off from school to meet him, and the next day, Kirk told Sean Hannity that he was struck by Newsom’s ambition.

There’s no exact name for the broad online constellation into which Newsom was stepping, but it was clear from the governor’s out

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