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Rob Finnerty’s recent segment asking whether the label “psychopath” fits California Gov. Gavin Newsom was not idle theater — it was conservative media pushing back hard against a pattern of behavior that has many Americans rightly unsettled. Finnerty raised questions about Newsom’s temperament and motives on his Newsmax program, forcing viewers to confront whether style has become substance in Sacramento.
Make no mistake: Gavin Newsom is widely viewed inside the Beltway as a potential 2028 Democratic standard-bearer, and he has been angling for national attention for years. That ambition matters because the same governor who courts cable headlines also controls policy in the nation’s most populous state, and what starts as performative politics can quickly become nationwide policy exported from California.
Newsom’s most recent stunt — a hard push to redraw California’s congressional map and the passage of Proposition 50 — wasn’t about governance so much as political engineering to shore up a national profile and punish his rivals. Conservatives watching this play out see a man gambling with taxpayers’ money and the integrity of representation in a bid to elevate himself on the national stage. The redistricting maneuver has already strengthened his hand among Democrats and cleared a pathway for louder national ambitions.
Meanwhile, Newsom’s fingerprints are all over one of California’s most criticized and expensive projects: the high-speed rail boondoggle that has drawn scrutiny from Capitol Hill. A House Oversight probe into whether the California High-Speed Rail Authority misrepresented ridership and financial projections has added to the chorus accusing Sacramento of mismanagement and possible deception. That’s not the temperament of a cautious steward; it’s the gamble of an ambitious political operator.
This is the pattern conservatives must expose: grand, self-promoting initiatives wrapped in moral rhetoric while ordinary Californians choke on higher costs, rising crime, and failed priorities. Newsom’s media-friendly antics—podcasts with polarizing figures, viral impersonations, and nonstop publicity stunts—look less like leadership and more like a relentless campaign to manufacture a brand. For working Americans, those theatrics don’t build roads or keep neighborhoods safe; they destroy trust in public institutions.
When even mainstream outlets and political opponents respond with outrage to Newsom’s posture after tragedies or controversies, the alarm bells should ring louder. Critics on both sides of the aisle have called out his tone-deaf politicization of events, and conservatives have pushed back hard — at times using blunt language to describe what they see as a governor who weaponizes crises for personal gain. That reaction isn’t merely partisan; it’s a reflection of how many citizens see a leader who puts image over impact.
Patriots and taxpayers shouldn’t be intimidated by flashy cable moments or viral memes; they should demand accountability. If a governor’s behavior can be summed up in tabloid-friendly labels, voters still have the remedy: expose the record, follow the money, and hold him to account at the ballot box and in court where necessary. Media stunts don’t exempt public officials from public scrutiny — they invite it.
In short, Rob Finnerty did the country a service by forcing the question so many of us have been whispering in living rooms and diners across America: what kind of man would turn governance into a branding campaign? Conservatives must keep shining a light on the pattern — not because we crave spectacle, but because millions of hardworking Americans deserve sober leadership, not a permanent presidential audition paid for on the public dime.
