Gov. Gavin Newsom of California said Sunday that he is “deeply confident” that voters this week will sign off on new congressional maps that favor Democrats, framing it as part of a broader rejection of President Trump’s failed leadership.
Speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Mr. Newsom predicted that the passage of Proposition 50 in his state on Tuesday would be just one piece of what he expects to be a big election night for Democrats.
“I feel like we’re on the precipice of a remarkable moment on Nov. 4,” Mr. Newsom said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
Mr. Newsom also weighed in on the off-year gubernatorial races, saying he expects former Rep. Abigail Spanberger to win in Virginia and Rep. Mikie Sherrill to take the governor’s mansion in New Jersey.
He also praised Zohran Mamdani, the socialist who is the frontrunner to become the next mayor of New York City.
“You’re going to have a dynamic young mayor, regardless of where you are in the political spectrum, that ran an extraordinary and exceptional campaign that galvanized people that, frankly, have been disenfranchised from politics,” he said.
Mr. Newsom said Americans feel buyer’s remorse about voting for Mr. Trump, saying he has failed to deliver on his promise to lower costs.
“This is a historically unpopular president. His policies are even more unpopular than the president himself,” Mr. Newsom said. “In every core category, he’s underwater.”
“He’s a guy that promised to make us wealthier and healthier,” he said. “We’re poorer and sicker, across the board.”
Mr. Newsom said Mr. Trump is pushing Republican-led states to redraw their congressional lines because he knows voters are turning on him.
“He knows he’s going to lose the midterms and he’s trying to rig the election before one vote is cast,” he said.
• Seth McLaughlin can be reached at smclaughlin@washingtontimes.com.
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