Gavin Newsom

“He was never going to invade Greenland; it was never real. So that was always a fake, and so he says, ‘We should negotiate.’ Everybody here has been willing to negotiate for a year.”

“I’m not coming in to punch anybody in the face, but I’m not pleased that, in the face of this invasive species that is Donald Trump, who’s completely changed the rules of the game, that we’re still playing by the old rules of the game,”

“His head is in the sand, or it’s in the pockets of Big Oil and other carbon interests. He’s selling out your health, he’s selling out our kids’ future, for a quick buck.”

“He’s changing the rules. He’s rigging the game because he knows he’ll lose if all things are equal,”

“He did not expect California to fight fire with fire.”

“Four months ago, if you asked me that question, I would have been struggling to find positive signs of the party. I feel it’s a completely different moment,”

“He's a wrecking ball. Not just the symbolism and substance of the East Wing; he's wrecking alliances, truth, trust, tradition, institutions.”

“But he at least expressed that — I see you, you matter, I care.”

“I'm not worried about [whether] we will find a great candidate,”

“This party needs to rebuild itself from the bottom up, not top down. We are as dumb as we want to be.”