California Gov. Gavin Newsom took aim at the Trump administration during his guest appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday night.

Repeating his charge that President Trump is trying to "rig the midterm elections," Newsom, a Democrat, told Colbert about his worry over democracy.

"I fear we will not have an election in 2028 unless we wake up," Newsom said .

Newsom also criticized what he characterized as the politicization of the Centers for Disease Control by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

"We are making sure that our own independent analysis provides a list of recommendations based on facts, based on science, not based on b******t and fear," Newsom told Colbert.

Kennedy has been a long-time critic of the CDC, claiming it is "corrupt" a

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