Letter: John Phillips is wrong. Mahan is California’s Beto O’Rourke.

Letter: John Phillips is wrong. Mahan is California’s Beto O’Rourke.

Columnist John Phillips is way off in his declaration that Matt Mahan is the “anti-Gavin Newsom.” He, like a lot of Democrats, is hoping San Jose Mayor Mahan is the shiny new thing. Mahan is not the “anti-Newsom“ that Phillips wants, he’s just California’s version of Beto O’Rourke. He’s a tall thin “cool guy“ who just gives Democrat talking point answers. Mahan got destroyed in the California governor debate last night by Steve Hilton. Hilton cr…