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Catholic Vote recently released \u201cThe Gavin Newsom Files<\/a>\u201d exposing the California governor\u2019s \u201canti-Christian agenda for America.\u201d While noting Newsom\u2019s apparent presidential ambitions for the 2028 election, Catholic Vote cast doubt on any attempts by Newsom to cast himself as a moderate liberal Democrat speaking for all Americans. The statement remained critical of Newsom\u2019s inaugural episode of his podcast, \u201cThis is Gavin Newsom,\u201d where he interviewed conservative firebrand, Charlie Kirk. The choice of guest surprised many, given how politically opposite the two men are, but Catholic Vote painted the interview as a cynical attempt by Newsom to rebrand himself.<\/p>\n

Catholic Vote was particularly critical of Newsom\u2019s portrayal of himself as a \u201cman of faith.\u201d \u201cThough raised as a Catholic, and still billing himself as such, Newsom has also called himself a \u2018rebel\u2019 in relation to the Church and clearly acknowledged his dissent from doctrine. He has also claimed to be a \u2018practicing Catholic\u2019 while engaging in outrageous and scandalous behavior, such as helping his own mother commit suicide,\u201d wrote Catholic Vote, referring to a New Yorker <\/em>article<\/a> where Newsom described helping his mother euthanize herself during a battle with breast cancer. Catholic Vote also noted Newsom\u2019s support for abortion, same-sex marriage, and gender-affirming care. \u201cMost recently, we\u2019ve seen Newsom side once again with the far left in his response to violent protests against U.S. immigration agents. Worse, he has excused the violence perpetrated by such protesters against members of the Los Angeles Police Department,\u201d Catholic Vote warned.<\/p>\n

Brandon Richards, a spokesperson for Newsom, dismissed the report to Fox News Digital<\/em><\/a>. \u201cWe’re not taking seriously any organization co-founded by a political hack who has sworn allegiance to President Trump, called Pope Francis\u2019 papacy a ruse, and justified cutting off U.S. foreign aid for the poor and hungry because he’d read some conspiracy theory about transgender mice experiments,\u201d said Richards. Catholic Vote Vice President, Josh Mercer, stood by the report. \u201cAmericans have been shocked by the rioting and chaos in Los Angeles, but sadly, this reckless governance is all too common in Gavin Newsom’s California. As our new report, Newsom Files points out, the California governor refused to deal with vexing problems like drug dealers, shoplifters and the rampant homeless camps,\u201d he said. \u201cInstead, Gavin Newsom was busy dreaming of the White House and spending taxpayer funds to put up billboards in Oklahoma that quote the Bible and urge people to fly to California to get an abortion. With his wacky priorities, it’s no wonder people are fleeing California in droves.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Catholic Vote recently released \u201cThe Gavin Newsom Files\u201d exposing the California governor\u2019s \u201canti-Christian agenda for America.\u201d While noting Newsom\u2019s apparent presidential ambitions for the 2028 election, Catholic Vote cast doubt on any attempts by Newsom to cast himself as a moderate liberal Democrat speaking for all Americans. 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