Republicans are “winning the messaging war” ahead of the Nov. 8 midterm elections, California Gov. Gavin Newsom lamented in a recent interview.
The Democrat, whose own re-election this year is all-but-guaranteed after he survived a recall effort last year, told CBS News that his party had erred by campaigning hard on abortion rights after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June — to the exclusion of bread-and-butter issues like the economy and inflation.
“You feel it. It’s not just intellectualization based on polling,” Newsom said. “You feel it.
“And it goes to my fundamental grievance with my damn party, he added. “We’re getting crushed on narrative. We’re going to have to do better in terms of getting on the offense and stop being on the damn defense.”