Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart lamented to PBS News Hour host Geoff Bennett on Friday that Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s podcast appearance with conservative Charlie Kirk, where he dissented from the party line, continued the nation’s alleged inability to have “nuanced and thoughtful” conversations about transgender people participating in women’s sports.
After playing a clip of the interview, Bennett wondered, “So, this is coming amid a debate among Democrats about, you know, how much did cultural factors play a role in their huge defeat in November and how do they address it? How does this strike you, Jonathan?”
Capehart began by trying to calm down his fellow liberals who might view Newsom’s appearance as a betrayal, “Well, look, Governor Newsom is somebody whose credentials in LGBTQ rights…
