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Gov. Gavin Newsom takes heat from Republicans and LGBTQ+ lawmakers during book tour

Several days into a national book tour, California governor and two-term Democrat widely expected to seek the presidency in 2028 faces criticism from conservatives and LGBTQ+ advocates after Tuesday's book release.
During a conversation on Sunday in Atlanta, Dickens said critics took comments out of context; in a CNN interview aired Monday, Newsom called for the Democratic Party to be `more culturally normal`.
Sen. Tim Scott and other Republican critics accused Newsom of disparaging Black people, which Newsom's press office forcefully denied while taunting critics with `FOX NEWS IS WALL-TO-WALL COVERAGE OF ME.`
The California Democratic Party has responded to intra-party pressure, while the California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus warned that defining `culturally normal` implies others are `not normal`, and Lindsey Cobia, senior Newsom campaign adviser, pointed to his record on LGBTQ rights, including issuing marriage licenses as mayor.
Some critics, including a Hollywood crisis manager, argue Newsom's book tour is ill-timed with roughly a year remaining in his governorship, while Mike Murphy said early publicity benefits a pre-presidential bid.

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