California governor Gavin Newsom lets his mask slip on Israel issues

Newsom did a very bad job to date in running California, and now, if foreign affairs matter, he's made clear where he really stands on Israel as well, in ways that could addtionally earn him the nickname "loathsome Newsom" (via Front Page):

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, stated on Tuesday that the United States should reconsider its military support for Israel and described it as “appropriate” for some critics to call the country an “apartheid state,” remarks that have drawn sharp criticism from pro‑Israel advocates.

Speaking at a Los Angeles event promoting his new memoir, “Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery,” Newsom was asked about frustration among some Democrats with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and whether it was time to rethink the U.S.–Israel relationship, “especially military support.”

In his response, Newsom noted that Netanyahu faces “domestic issues” ahead of Israel’s next election, including legal troubles, and that hard‑line elements in his coalition want to annex the West Bank. He told event moderators Tommy Vietor and Jon Favreau, hosts of the podcast “Pod Save America,” that those developments have led some observers to describe Israel “appropriately as sort of an apartheid state.”

Asked directly whether the U.S. should reconsider its military aid to Israel, Newsom said, “It breaks my heart because the current leadership in Israel is walking us down that path where I don’t think you have a choice about that consideration.” (JNS sought comment from Newsom’s office.)

The Israeli-American Civic Action Network, which is based in California, stated that referring to Israel as an apartheid state is “a slur, and one that provides rhetorical cover to those who seek Israel’s destruction.”

“California is also home to approximately 250,000 Israelis in the Los Angeles area alone—the largest Israeli diaspora community outside of Israel,” the group wrote. “They deserve a governor who represents them, not one who slanders their homeland on a book tour.”

I think we know of one person's memoir that we needn't finance. Wow, Newsome is sick. Pennsylvania senator John Fetterman was one Democrat who agreed something's horribly wrong with the whole picture:

On Wednesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) said that the Democratic Party has gotten “more and more anti-Israel” while “it’s okay if you have a Nazi tattoo on your chest.” And said that California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) characterization of Israel as akin to an apartheid state betrays “moral clarity.”

Fetterman said, “[T]hat’s another truth here about the Democratic Party, we’re [be]coming more and more anti-Israel. Gov. Newsom announced now — he just described Israel as an apartheid state. That’s a talking point of the fringe of my party. And that’s been profoundly disappointing. I was shocked, overall. He’s — he might be more liberal, but I never thought he would actually go that way and would describe our strong, special ally and the only nation in that region that lives the kind of values that they would live like in California. Hey, I’ve been in Israel, Tel Aviv is like [the] San Diego version of Israel. And now you just described that as an apartheid state? That’s a betrayal of the moral clarity.”

Later, he added that Democrats are “increasingly more not allowed to be very proud to support Israel, but it’s okay if you have a Nazi tattoo on your chest.”

Which would just go to show leftists like these were never truly opposed to National Socialism and the repulsive influence it wound up having over the past century. Newsom's explained perfectly why he's a fiasco for California as well, and will be a disaster for foreign relations if he runs for and is elected president.