Newsom’s ex-aide Ruby Rippey speaks out on 2007 affair; Harris told her to stay silent
Ruby Rippey, a former aide to Gavin Newsom, has publicly shared her account of their 2007 affair, challenging the Governor's version of events regarding how the truth was revealed to her then-husband. The essay also touches on her personal struggles with addiction during that period.
Why it matters
As Newsom is considered a potential 2028 presidential contender, this personal revelation brings past controversies back into the public discourse.
Two decades after a scandal that shook Democratic politics, Ruby Rippey, the former aide who had an affair with California Governor Gavin Newsom, has shared her side of the story for the first time.In a first-person essay published in Vanity Fair, Rippey reflected on the 2007 controversy involving Newsom, who was then the mayor of San Francisco, and the personal and political fallout that followed. Her essay comes as Newsom, 58, is being viewed as a potential contender for the 2028 US presidential race.Rippey, now 54, was working as the secretary to the San Francisco Commission on the Environment when the affair began.
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