Which version of Gavin Newsom will voters see if he runs for president?

Per CalMatters, California Governor Gavin Newsom has been recalibrating his political image as he positions himself for a potential twenty twenty-eight presidential run. In the aftermath of Kamala Harris' loss to Donald Trump, Newsom first drifted rightward, appearing alongside conservatives and agreeing that transgender women shouldn't compete in biological women's sports. But this spring, he pivoted sharply left at a Center for American Progress conference, calling to 'democratize the economy' and proposing universal basic capital funded by artificial intelligence profits — a contrast to his earlier opposition to California's own wealth tax ballot measure.

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