Gavin Newsom’s ex-wife takes on California in Republican National Convention speech
Kimberly Guilfoyle, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s wife when he was mayor of San Francisco, told the Republican convention Monday Democrats had turned her ex-husband’s state “into a land of discarded heroin needles in parks, riots in streets and blackouts in homes.”
Guilfoyle is now dating Donald Trump Jr., son of the president. She and Newsom, who became mayor in 2003, divorced in 2006, saying a bicoastal relationship had taken a toll on their marriage.
Newsom Wednesday declined to comment on his ex-wife’s comments. He was asked if he was watching the Republican convention and had a response to Guilfoyle’s remarks.
“Let me just extend appreciation for your effort to get my response and I respectfully defer to the next question,” he said.
A former host of “The Five” on the Fox News Network, Guilfoyle delivered a passionate speech Monday warning that America’s cities are being overrun by anarchy. Trump, Guilfoyle said, “is the law and order president.”
She said “Rioters must not be allowed to destroy our cities. Human, sex, drug traffickers should not be allowed to cross our border.
“The same socialist policies which destroyed places like Cuba and Venezuela must not take root in our cities and our schools.”
Guilfoyle, an attorney, warned that the Democratic ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, the Democratic senator from California, is the scary future.
“If you want to see the socialist Biden/Harris future for our country, just take a look at California,” Guilfoyle said. “It is a place of immense wealth, immeasurable innovation and immaculate environment – and the Democrats turned it into a land of discarded heroin needles in parks, riots in streets and blackouts in homes.”
The state has seen protests recently over police behavior, and the protests have been largely free of serious violence. Parts of the state have been hit by rolling power blackouts recently during the intense heat wave.
Guilfoyle cited President Donald Trump’s vision of hope as an antidote to the chaos.
“In President Trump’s America we light things up, we don’t dim them down. We build things up, we don’t burn them down. We kneel in prayer and we stand for our flag!” she said.
As a result, “This election is a battle for the Soul of America. Your choice is clear.”
Reject, she said, the “cosmopolitan elites of Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden – who blame America first. Do you think America is to blame? Or, do you believe in American greatness, believe in yourself, in President Trump, in individual and personal responsibility?”
Pelosi, speaker of the House, represents a San Francisco congressional district. Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader, represents New York.
“They want to destroy this country, and everything that we have fought for and hold dear. They want to steal your Liberty, your Freedom. They want to control what you See and Think, and Believe, so they can control how you live!” Guilfoyle said.
“They want to enslave you to the weak, dependent, liberal, victim ideology, to the point that you will not recognize this country or yourself.”
Remember, she said, “Don’t let the Democrats and their socialist comrades take you for granted. Don’t let them step on you. Don’t let them destroy your families, your lives, and your future. Don’t let them suppress future generations, because they told you and brainwashed you and fed you lies that you weren’t good enough!”
The convention also featured a video montage that included a clip of Gavin Newsom praising Trump for aid in battling the coronavirus.
“Promise made. Promise kept,” Newsom said in an April news conference, referring to the delivery of swabs for COVID-19 test kits. The Trump campaign immediately began to use the remark in its messaging.
This story was originally published August 24, 2020 at 7:42 PM.
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