Victor Davis Hanson, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, said on his podcast Thursday that Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom will “refresh” his image in preparation for the next election cycle, as will Vice President Kamala Harris. He claimed that

Mr. Newsom has strengthened his stance on illegal immigration and homelessness in recent months. Hanson proposed On “The Victor Davis Hanson Show,” the reversal follows his loss in a Fox News debate to Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his response to Democrats' selection of Harris as their nominee. He claimed that this deepened his bitterness.

“But we didn't pay attention to Gavin Newsom's transformation. Once Ron DeSantis dusted him off… it was like the tortoise and the hare,” Hanson said. “DeSantis wasn't as charismatic and had a slightly different voice, but he had all the facts and arguments. He wore Gavin to pieces, and 30 minutes later Gavin was just an empty I ended up wearing a suit.”

“He knows he looks like a left-wing idiot and he knows he feels very hard about Kamara because he said at the convention, 'We didn't need the Open. That's not what I'm supposed to say. “Isn't it?” he even said. So he thought they would look at him as a strong candidate and planned for him to be the candidate. Now I know that even if she wins, I won't be a candidate, so I'm secretly hoping she doesn't win,” Hanson continued.

Hanson also said that Newsom has observed a “transformation” in Harris' policies since becoming the party's nominee, and that Harris could win in the next general election cycle if she decides to run for president. He argued that it could be considered the right thing to do. Republicans have criticized Harris for reversing left-wing policies such as banning fracking and opposing a wall on the southern border, both of which she supported during her 2020 campaign. (Related: Gavin Newsom signs new plastic bag ban after California's first attempt backfires)

“But even if she loses and he wants to be the front-runner, he can't run on the idea of, 'I'm going to do to America what I did to California.' I looked at the transformation and thought, “I hate to say this, but she's absolutely right. She's against being homeless on the streets.'' So what is he doing? “He's picking up trash on the Cement River Aqueduct in Los Angeles, alone with, I don't know, a photographer who makes $250,000 a year,” Hanson said.

In early September, Governor Newsom vetoed a Democratic-led bill that would have allowed undocumented immigrants in California to apply for taxpayer-funded home loans, even as it would expand state health care to cover undocumented immigrants at the end of 2023. exercised the right. In August, the governor also criticized the state's “expansion of state health care for illegal immigrants.” Policies and Neglect of the Homeless Crisis” put pressure on Cities must remove encampments or risk losing state funding, even though billions of dollars have already been spent on the problem.

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