Actually, I would have expected him to have had an affair with her husband.
Posted on 05/10/2018 6:31:58 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
Republican candidate for California governor Travis Allen asked a brutal personal question during a debate of the frontrunner, Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, about an affair the California Democrat had in 2005.
"The question is very simple ladies and gentlemen: if you can't trust Gavin with his best friend's wife, how can you trust him with your state?" Allen asked.
Allen was referring to an affair Newsom had with Ruby Rippey Gibney, who was Newsom's commission appointments secretary. Rippey Gibney was married to Newsom's campaign manager and friend Alex Tourk.
Newsom responded to the question by bringing up President Donald Trump.
"It's hard with respect to hear from Mr. Allen who is a devout supporter of Donald Trump talk about the issue of sexual harassment," Newsom said to applause.
"And as it relates to the issue that's been referred to, I was honest about it. I was open about it. I apologized for it. I was wrong, and I learned an enormous amount from it. And I'm a much better person as a consequence," he said.
Due to the unique top-two jungle primary system in California, voters will vote on all candidates to determine who will be on the ballot in the general election. The top two candidates coming out of the June 5 primary, regardless of party, will face off in the November election.
Fellow Democrats in the race have also criticized Newsom for his affair.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amanda Renteria, who previously served as the political director of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, went after Newsom in a series of tweets. She accused Newsom of sexual misconduct and "misusing his power."
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“Newsom responded to the question by bringing up President Donald Trump.”
Allen only needs to respond with, “ANYONE who actually opposed eight years of the Fraud’s destructive policies could have beaten BJ’s wife.”
Newsoms reply, “Alex was not my best friend.”
Good question.
I believe it was Stephen Covey who wrote that morality is not a switch that a person can flip on and off.
If you treat your best friend dirty, then you’ll treat everyone dirty.
I hear this Allen guy is a closet lib Riño
Do you think that a true Conservative could win statewide in California?
“I was wrong, and I learned an enormous amount from it”
So now you should be rewarded by being elected Governor of a state with 40 million people in it?
That’s it. You convinced me. I will now support Gavin Newsome.
Newsome is a hardworking Soros tool.
Big supporter of Soros’ “Legalize All Drugs” program.
I know that. I was sarcastically responding to Truthoverpower’s FUD.
I knew you were being sarcastic.
It was a great rejoinder.
Actually, I would have expected him to have had an affair with her husband.
Gavin Newsom is a hoe.
I thought Gavin Newsom was a homosexual.
The Democrats started a movement against adulterers after Trump became president. The question is, will they make total hypocrites of themselves and vote for Gavin, or will they stay the course and stick with their morality issue? All the pussy hat women cannot with a clear conscience vote for Gavin, or they are hypocrites. All the lawmakers who are democrats from California must vote against Gavin or be branded forever as hypocrites and liars. Any Democrats who comes out now and backs Gavin is a hypocrite, a liar and a fraud.
It doesnt matter. Newsome is a beloved and revered figure in thus state. He’s a shoo-in.
Right. Don't get caught. No doubt that's the lesson he took from it.
So Gavin ripped Ruby Rippey away.
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