President Gavin Newsom? California Governor using LA riots to bolster 2028 credentials - will it work?

​Delivered in a television studio with prepared remarks—rare for the dyslexic governor—the speech came off as a soft-launch for a presidential campaign. With Democrats still reeling from Trump’s return to power and Kamala Harris’ failed bid to stop him, Newsom’s pivot from gubernatorial crisis management to national firebrand marks a significant shift.