Newsom Warns Against ‘National Anger Machine’ in State of the State Speech

Newsom Warns Against ‘National Anger Machine’ in State of the State Speech
California Gov. Gavin Newsom gives his State of the State address in Sacramento, Calif., on March 8, 2022. Screenshot via YouTube/California Governor Gavin Newsom
Brad Jones
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom, in his State of the State speech on March 8, took aim at red states that stray from his vision of the “California Way” and suggested that anger among grassroots populist movements is a threat to democracy.

Newsom alluded to political opponents and grassroots groups as “loud voices” and “powerful forces” without mentioning either by name, claiming that they’re “stoking fear” to divide Americans.