Gavin Newsom - will he run for President in 2024

[OzmO]

Don't forget Newsom had an affair with his campaign manager's wife.  For those who don't know, a campaign manager and candidate are incredibly close.  It's literally like a sibling relationship. 

AIDE QUITS AS NEWSOM'S AFFAIR WITH HIS WIFE IS REVEALED
Campaign manager confronts mayor, who is 'in shock'
Phil Matier, Andrew Ross, Cecilia M. Vega, Chronicle Staff Writers

Thursday, February 1, 2007
 
Newsom's Affair
Newsom apologizes at press conference (2/01)

Aide quits as Newsom's affair with his wife is revealed (2/01)

Nevius: Most seem to be willing to forgive Newsom (2/01)

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's re-election campaign manager resigned Wednesday after confronting the mayor about an affair Newsom had with his wife while she worked in the mayor's office, City Hall sources said.

Alex Tourk, 39, who served as Newsom's deputy chief of staff before becoming his campaign manager in September, confronted the mayor after his wife, Ruby Rippey-Tourk, told him of the affair as part of a rehabilitation program she had been undergoing for substance abuse, said the sources, who had direct knowledge of Wednesday's meeting.

Rippey-Tourk, 34, was the mayor's appointments secretary from the start of his administration in 2004 until last spring. She told her husband that the affair with Newsom was short-lived and happened about a year and a half ago, while the mayor was undergoing a divorce from his then-wife, Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle, said the sources, who spoke on condition they not be identified.

Alex Tourk "confronted the mayor on the issue this afternoon, expressed his feeling about the situation in an honest and pointed way, and resigned," said one source close to Tourk and his wife.

Tourk's resignation was announced in a statement that Newsom's campaign released Wednesday. The statement quoted Tourk as saying only that he was resigning for personal reasons.

The statement quoted Newsom, 39, as saying he had accepted the resignation with great sadness.

Asked at City Hall Wednesday evening about Tourk's resignation and the affair, Newsom said, "I'm not making any public comment. I'm just not."

Tourk and Newsom have been friends for years and frequently socialized outside work. Tourk did not return phone calls Wednesday seeking comment. Rippey-Tourk, who now hosts a weekly radio show for Benefit Magazine in San Francisco, also did not return calls. A family friend who asked not to be identified said she would have no comment.

Reports of the affair come at a particularly sensitive time for Newsom, who is embarking on his campaign for re-election in November. The mayor's personal life has come under scrutiny in recent weeks. In December, several witnesses at a late Friday night vigil for a mortally wounded police officer at San Francisco General Hospital reported that Newsom appeared to have been drinking when he arrived. A spokesman for the mayor declined to comment on those reports.

The controversy involving Tourk left Newsom's inner circle reeling. "I feel really bad for Alex," one adviser said. "He is blameless in this."

After meeting with Tourk, Newsom maintained his public schedule, which included attending a reception for city commissioners and officiating over a marriage in his office.

Privately, however, aides said the mayor was in shock over the meeting.

Polls have consistently shown Newsom's approval ratings among city voters topping 70 percent, unusually high for a politician in his fourth year in office. Although his relations with the Board of Supervisors have deteriorated over the past year, no competing candidate has emerged for this year's mayoral race.

One person who says he intends to challenge Newsom, former Supervisor Tony Hall, said Wednesday night that he hoped news of the affair was not true. But if it is, he said, "the city deserves much better than what it's getting."

Eric Jaye, Newsom's chief political adviser, said he was confident that any political damage to the mayor would soon dissipate.

"There will be a minor amount of turbulence, but as long as the mayor continues to do his job, it will have no lasting effect," Jaye said. "Ultimately, politicians are judged by how they do their jobs as elected officials."

Newsom's predecessor as mayor, Willie Brown, said that "any time you have a scandal associated with sex and relationship, there is no way to predict how the public will react. In my own experience, you just have to be prepared to ride with the storm. You can't shut it down and stop it."

Newsom's chief City Hall rival, Supervisor Chris Daly, refused to speculate about how publicity over the affair would affect the mayor's career.

"I think there's a lot of time to figure that out," he said. "Right now is not the time. I really think the day this hits the papers, the focus should be on the actual human lives involved."

Other critics of Newsom said the news spoke volumes about the mayor.

Jack Davis, a political consultant who helped elect Brown and former Mayor Frank Jordan and was looking for someone to challenge Newsom, said, "There is nothing new in that story that I haven't been aware of for the last six months. Now that it's public and out there, Gavin ought to resign and seek psychiatric help."

Tourk worked as an aide to Brown before joining Newsom's first mayoral campaign in 2003. The next year, he became Newsom's deputy chief of staff and served as one of the mayor's key strategists.

He was instrumental in turning Newsom's idea of inviting homeless people to one location and providing them with myriad services into a reality. Almost 15,000 people have since received services during more than a dozen Project Homeless Connect days in San Francisco.

In his resignation statement, Tourk said, "I am honored that, as deputy chief of staff, I helped create and implement key policy initiatives such as the Homeless Connect program that is now a national model for its compassionate and comprehensive approach to helping the homeless."

Newsom's statement said Tourk "was instrumental in my first election, organizing a strong early re-election effort, and shaping successful policy during his service with the city and county of San Francisco. We all wish Alex well and know he will be successful in all of his future endeavors."

While running Newsom's re-election campaign, Tourk helped the mayor raise about $620,000 from supporters around the country. He has been paid about $50,000, Jaye said.

"The campaign will move forward and will not be distracted by this," Jaye said.

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I remember when this happened and was thinking he was never gonna be able to run for president because of it.   Times have changed.

[Grape Ape]

These days when a recall is defeated it becomes a badge of honor. Of the 12.8 million voters who participated in the election, 61.9% voted to retain Newsom, and 38.1% voted to recall. Guess we know who won that fiasco.

Did you read chaos' post above yours for context around it?  As with most stuff, that part is key and probably more important than final numbers.

No it wasn't, it's another case of manipulated vote counts. If you lived here you would have seen the billboards and signs on the freeway overpasses calling for his recall. Even in ultra-brainwashed downtown LA people were screaming for him to be gone. Then they added 20+ other names to the ballot to overload the vote counts and keep him office. Talk to people on the ground, involved in the movement that had to deal with the changing of the rules and the manipulation of the dates/names/votes.
And don't get me started on that faggot Gascon, that guy is a real piece of shit.

[Dos Equis]

I remember when this happened and was thinking he was never gonna be able to run for president because of it.   Times have changed.

People have short memories.  Happens all the time, unfortunately.

[The Scott]

If Newscum strokes anything, liberals will line up, mouths open.

 

[Dos Equis]

Did you read chaos' post above yours for context around it?  As with most stuff, that part is key and probably more important than final numbers.

Not only that, but the mail in ballots are really suspect.  I visited someone in California before the election and there were literally about ten ballots at this person's house, because a lot of people get mail there.  I could have scooped all of them, filled them out, and mailed them, with zero oversight.

Jimmy Carter, who has monitored elections around the world, has said mail in ballots should be avoided. 

Then there were commercials saying people would die if Larry Elder (the "black face of white supremacy") was elected because of Covid.  Flooded the airwaves with that kind of propaganda.  All while Newsom refused to debate Elder. 

[ThisisOverload]

People have short memories.  Happens all the time, unfortunately.

It's like a badge of honor for high ranking politicians to do these things.

And yes, people forget so easily these days.

Newsom has said and done some extremely stupid things over the years. And he's still looked up to quite a bit.

A friend of mine and his wife live in Orange County, and they tell me all the time about how people love Newsom. And it blows their minds. Even the wealthy, highly educated folks adore this man, it's almost like he has a cult following.

[Dos Equis]

It's like a badge of honor for high ranking politicians to do these things.

And yes, people forget so easily these days.

Newsom has said and done some extremely stupid things over the years. And he's still looked up to quite a bit.

A friend of mine and his wife live in Orange County, and they tell me all the time about how people love Newsom. And it blows their minds. Even the wealthy, highly educated folks adore this man, it's almost like he has a cult following.

It's crazy.  A lot of people just lose the ability to think logically when it comes to politics. 

[chaos]

The system is far too easily manipulated and abused to liberals favor, that's why they don't want to fix the issue. Let dems start losing and they'll be up in arms about voting abuses.

[Dos Equis]

Christians slam Newsom for 'disgusting' pro-abortion billboards quoting Jesus: 'Satanic'
A Catholic priest said Newsom's billboards exhibit 'one of the worst distortions of a Bible passage I've ever seen'
By Jon Brown | Fox News
Published September 22, 2022
https://www.foxnews.com/us/christians-slam-newsom-disgusting-pro-abortion-billboards-quoting-jesus-satanic

[stockbridge2112]

Media will be 100% in for him.

[Primemuscle]

The system is far too easily manipulated and abused to liberals favor, that's why they don't want to fix the issue. Let dems start losing and they'll be up in arms about voting abuses.

Winners rarely complain. Why would they?

Losers complain a lot. It is easier to blame someone or something else than it is to take responsibility for losing.

This is a good way to tell who the winners are from the losers.

[chaos]

Winners rarely complain. Why would they?

Losers complain a lot. It is easier to blame someone or something else than it is to take responsibility for losing.

This is a good way to tell who the winners are from the losers.

We saw the truth in 2016 and on with the years of violence and death brought on when your side lost.

[ThisisOverload]

Media will be 100% in for him.

Absolutely.

The MSM is so biased towards Dems right now it's insane.

[The Scott]

We saw the truth in 2016 and on with the years of violence and death brought on when your side lost.

Agreed.  It is plain that the 2020 election was more a selection.  Electronic voting is easily hacked.  Should Mr. Trump win in 2024 it will be due to the fact that there is on overwhelming hatred and disgust for the Dems and their putrid policies that they dare not trespass for fear of massive backlash.

I am not a urophiliac and it ain't raining.  I think this class of people are degenerates and when they squeal their hatred of America and the Christian foundation of it, they show their true souls.  Time to bring back tarring and feathering.  Start with Newsome and the California legislature.  Pedos like Newsom deserve Hell and if there is no Hell awaiting them, then they will get a Hell on Earth and deservedly so.  Vote them out.

[Moontrane]

[chaos]

I don't think he understands how much California and Californians are despised in other states. He can't win the Presidency with CA and NY voting for him.

[Moontrane]

I don't think he understands how much California and Californians are despised in other states. He can't win the Presidency with CA and NY voting for him.

Big tech wanted Sanders not Biden, but Clyburn gave Joe the big push.  Big tech wants a Progressive, so if Newsom is in the race - and we'll know in about 4 months - he’ll have big tech in his corner, providing as much cover as possible.  He's a Progressive's wet dream.

I have bottomless contempt for Newsom’s policies.

A 30-month-old C-19 state of emergency, $30B in EDD fraud, some the worst business and school shutdowns in the nation, highest gas prices in the country, more and more jurisdictions not allowing new homes or business to connect to the gas main, and no new gas-powered car sales starting in 2035. He actually wanted C-19 jab racial equity before a city could reopen.

There are current stories about $45B in EDD fraud nationally, but CA stays of the radar - how about that?

Newsom has two insidious bills on his desk right now: one to punish doctors for C-19 “misinformation and disinformation" (how do you prove that?), and one to allow CA to take custody of out-of-state minors seeking gender-affirming “care.”

[Dos Equis]

Remember this when this dirtbag runs for POTUS.

[chaos]

I don't think he's going to run. Can barely keep his hold in CA and the rest of the country thinks CA politicians are a joke.

[Moontrane]

I don't think he's going to run. Can barely keep his hold in CA and the rest of the country thinks CA politicians are a joke.

An uber-progressive friend of mine from Missouri told me that most folks think CA is a joke.  Sacramento continually stuns me with their stupid laws - truly the land of fruits and nuts.

[chaos]

An uber-progressive friend of mine from Missouri told me that most folks think CA is a joke.  Sacramento continually stuns me with their stupid laws - truly the land of fruits and nuts.

Friends from across the country laugh at us. People that leave this state won't admit they are moving to X from CA.

[The Scott]

Fuck that cuck.

[ThisisOverload]

Friends from across the country laugh at us. People that leave this state won't admit they are moving to X from CA.

There are plenty of Cali folks here in Santa Fe.

It's almost hard to believe how many i have met.

[The Scott]

There are plenty of Cali folks here in Santa Fe.

It's almost hard to believe how many i have met.

So long as they're not  the libtard kind, i.e. hell bent on leaving the mess they created in commiefornia and then immediately demanding their  new state to fester with the filth of "fairness".  Since tar and feathering are frowned upon (unless it's whitey getting the T&F) I'd rather they caught their beloved fauvid and died.

Slowly and painfully.

[chaos]

There are plenty of Cali folks here in Santa Fe.

It's almost hard to believe how many i have met.

I would assume Santa Fe leans left?