2028 Democrat presidential candidates should learn a lesson from California Governor Gavin Newsom. Anything less than denouncing ICE as a terrorist organization will quickly disqualify from any hope of winning the nomination from their increasingly deranged party base. Newsom made the intolerable error of backing down from his own press office's description of ICE as "state-sponsored terrorism" while speaking to Ben Shapiro on his podcast.  The New York Post's Brad Appleton described the scene on Thursday which incurred the wrath of the left in "Gavin Newsom backtracks on outrageous ICE claims made by his own team." Gavin Newsom appeared to backtrack on inflammatory rhetoric from his own press team during a tense interview with conservative commentator Ben Shapiro on Thursday. The California governor was grilled by Shapiro on his own podcast, “This Is Gavin Newsom,” in an exchange in which the two clashed over immigration enforcement, political rhetoric and gender identity. One of the biggest flashpoints came when the rumored presidential hopeful was confronted by Shapiro about the language his own office used about the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis, which they called an act of “state-sponsored terrorism.” The incident has sparked national controversy and led to furious debate about law enforcement tactics and rhetoric surrounding federal immigration authorities. “Your press office tweeted out that it was state-sponsored terrorism,” Shapiro said, before pushing back on the characterization of federal agents. “Our ICE officers obviously are not terrorists,” Shapiro added. “Yeah, I think that’s fair,” Newsom agreed. The governor also said he “disagreed” that ICE should be abolished. The moment quickly went viral, with critics seizing on the exchange as evidence that the governor was at odds with messaging coming from his own communications team. Yes, the moment sure did go viral with such a fury that just from reading many of the comments on Bluesky, including from leftist journalists, it appears that Newsom's 2028 nomination is in dire jeopardy. One such journalist was Marisa Kabas, whose leftwing credentials includes writing stories for MSNBC, the Huffington Post, The New Republic, and Rolling Stone. She left no doubt on where she now stands on Gavin Newsom as a result of his (for now) backtrack:   Nathan Grayson, who was once a Washington Post columnist, tells us how he REALLY feels about Gavin Newsom:   Finally, New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie joins in with the Newsom attacks by weirdly attacking Ben Shapiro's manhood: These are but a few of the plethora of Bluesky slams at Newsom for daring to deviate (for now) from the leftist script. Check out that site for yourself if you want to get an idea of the political conundrum Newsom has put himself into by attempting to sound reasonable. Exit Question: How long before Gavin the Chameleon backtracks on his backtrack?