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.
