Gavin Newsom, who has been the Governor of California since 2019, has given his prediction on Donald Trump’s fate in the midterm elections in November. During a recent sit-down with comedian and talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, he claimed that the President will face defeat in the upcoming elections before highlighting the redistricting proposal, which attained approval in his state last year.
Gavin Newsom talks about Donald Trump’s midterms elections
The veteran Democrat recently bashed the POTUS’ chances of winning the midterm elections, also calling out the latter’s tactics.
“Trump is an historic president, historically unpopular,” Gavin Newsom said on the March 3 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!. “He’s going to get crushed, shellacked in the midterms. He is, he’s toast, and he knows it. Why else did he call [Texas Governor] Greg Abbott, saying he’s, quote, unquote, ‘entitled’ to five seats in a mid-decade redistricting?”
Newsom then noted, “They, of course, obliged in Texas. What Trump thought would follow was maybe a conversation about writing an op-ed in California to try to win the argument as they’re consolidating power. Instead, we decided to redraw the lines, and over a 90-day period, raised $120 million, and we kicked his a** in November.”
Notably, the citizens of California voted in favor of Proposition 50 in November 2025, enabling the state to adopt a new Democratic-leaning House map by bypassing its independent redistricting commission.
As such, Democrats now have four or five pickup opportunities in the midterm elections. Newsom decided to go this route after the Texas Republican Party pulled off a similar move under pressure from the White House.
Gavin Newsom also mentioned the January 6 incident, claiming that Donald Trump was “trying to wreck the country.” “Not just as it relates to redistricting, trying to nationalize the election, trying to take those voting roles and purge voters, decide who can vote, who cannot,” he said of the businessman-turned-politician’s strategies.
“He sent out the BORTAC teams, the border patrol folks, the Apache helicopters to chill free expression on election day, sending a message to everyone [in] diverse communities. If you go out and vote, you may be next. He is not screwing around, and nor can we. We’ve got to be tougher, we’ve got to be aggressive and call this stuff out.” Newsom added.
