Gavin Newsom condemns Democrats’ ‘climate hushing’, predicts Trump’s downfall and expects AOC to run in 2028

The governor of California, Gavin Newsom, is pictured during a recorded interview with AFP in the Manhattan borough of New York City on 23 September 2026./Getty Images The governor of California, Gavin Newsom, is pictured during a recorded interview with AFP in the Manhattan borough of New York City on 23 September 2026./Getty Images Covering Climate Now Gavin Newsom Interview Gavin Newsom condemns Democrats’ ‘climate hushing’, predicts Trump’s downfall and expects AOC to run in 2028 Mark Hertsgaard Democrats must show links of climate shocks to ‘kitchen table’ issues, California governor says

Prefer the Guardian on Google I t’s a mistake for Democratic politicians not to talk about climate change , and the reason they don’t is “because they don’t know how to talk about it”, the California governor, Gavin Newsom , said on Wednesday in an interview with the Guardian and the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now.