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Gavin Newsom Responds After Halle Berry Says He ‘Should Not Be President’
Newsweek ^ | Dec 05, 2025 | Guluia Carbonaro

Posted on 12/06/2025 9:55:16 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege

During her address at the New York Times’ DealBook Summit on Wednesday, Berry took aim at the Democratic Governor's recent decision to veto Assembly Bill 432, which would have extended insurance coverage for menopause-related care and treatment in California.

“In my great state of California, my very own governor, Gavin Newsom, has vetoed our menopause bill not one, but two years, in a row,” the 59-year-old actor and women’s health advocate said, “but that’s OK because he’s not going to be governor forever,” she told the audience.

She then added: “With the way he’s overlooked women—half the population—by devaluing us in mid-life, he probably should not be our next president, either.”

The Menopause Care Equity Act which was vetoed by Newsom, also known as AB432, had bipartisan support in the California state legislature.

If signed into law by the governor, it would have ensured insurance coverage for menopause and perimenopause symptoms, while also incentivizing menopause-specific physician education and curriculum development in medical schools.

In a comment to Newsweek, a spokesperson for Newsom said the governor shares Berry’s goal to expand access to menopause care “that too many women struggle to get.”

California Governor Gavin Newsom has said that he has “deep admiration” for Halle Berry’s advocacy and is "reconciling this…”

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: berry; halleberry; highspeedrail; hollywood; menopause; newsom; pelosicrimefamily; women

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Halle Berry, who joined U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., for a roundtable discussion about menopause research. August 14, 2024

1 posted on 12/06/2025 9:55:16 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
The Menopause Care Equity Act

This crpp would be comical were it not so pernicious.

2 posted on 12/06/2025 9:57:37 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

“NewScum hates women, especially older women!”

“NewScum, woman-hater!”

I can see Trump making that a common theme, as with “Crooked Hillary”, “Sleepy Joe”.


3 posted on 12/06/2025 10:01:09 AM PST by Az Joe (25 YEARS ON FREE REPUBLIC! 11/01/2025, 700+ POSTS, 15,500+ REPLIES - "MADE IT MA, TOP OF THE WORLD!")
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

This rich beach wants me to pay because she is old and in/reaching menopause? F off lady.


4 posted on 12/06/2025 10:01:37 AM PST by Dan Zachary
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To: BenLurkin

“With the way he’s overlooked women—half the population—by devaluing us”

Imagine if men played this game and called out politicians every time they overlooked or devalued men.

Imagine if men had dozens of non profit and hard core lobbying and political agitation organizations devoted to the interests of men.

The Boomer men have wimped out...

The young men are going to have to do the work older men refused to do.

“All politics is identity politics.”

“Politics is about who not what.”


5 posted on 12/06/2025 10:04:31 AM PST by cgbg (The master is nice only when the dog behaves as expected.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

He’s not liberal enough for her?


6 posted on 12/06/2025 10:05:03 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

She still looks fantastic at 59.

But, is menopause research and “care” really needed?


7 posted on 12/06/2025 10:17:13 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

The Menopause Care Equity Act which was vetoed by Newsom,


vetoed because it didn’t cover transgender perverts?


8 posted on 12/06/2025 10:19:42 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
"But, is menopause research and “care” really needed?"

Well just wait until Newsom goes through menopause. He'll change his tune THEN by golly.

9 posted on 12/06/2025 10:20:22 AM PST by Enterprise (These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)
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To: Enterprise

LOL...I was also wondering if tranny “women” are clamoring for menopause research.


10 posted on 12/06/2025 10:21:51 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
"LOL...I was also wondering if tranny “women” are clamoring for menopause research."

If they did start demanding it Newsom would probably sign such a bill.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I get the impression that Democrat males would rather have sex with a trannie than with a real female.

11 posted on 12/06/2025 10:26:28 AM PST by Enterprise (These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Menopause bill aside, Mister Newsom should not be president.

For starters (and I don't claim to be an expert, so this is conjecture) Mister Newsom appears to display symptoms of a methamphetamine user. Skinney, hyper animated, prone to goofy and grandiose babbling, and unimpressed by practicality and reality.

Am I wrong?

Maybe. If so, I take corrections from qualified persons very well.

What we need are for some experts to opine and wouldn't it be useful for us voters if politicians and their staffs routinely took drug screens?

As for Ms. Berry?

Menopause is a biological journey that affects all females who reach the golden age. There is an evolutionary reason for menopause, this excerpted from AI...Grandmother Hypothesis: This theory suggests that post-reproductive women can contribute to the survival of their grandchildren. By helping care for younger generations, they enhance the survival of their genes, thus providing an evolutionary advantage.

Human babies need an extraordinary amount of post birth care compared with other mammals, and grandmothers are best at helping when they are not occupied with late age reproduction issues.

Ms. Berry is not a victim.

Government is not the solution to all matters, including menopause.

12 posted on 12/06/2025 10:43:27 AM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston ChurchIill)
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Loathsome and Berry

CAT FIGHT!

13 posted on 12/06/2025 11:22:11 AM PST by llevrok (Voter apathy wins elections for liberals.)
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To: BenLurkin

I think all women going through menopause should be shipped to a private island - with no means of escape - until they are finished with it.

JMHO


14 posted on 12/06/2025 11:33:10 AM PST by 1FreeAmerican
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

The 19th amendment was a terrible mistake.

L


15 posted on 12/06/2025 11:34:59 AM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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Not Guilty.


16 posted on 12/06/2025 11:50:30 AM PST by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Is Halle Berry saying that only women are the victims of menopause? How dare she!


17 posted on 12/06/2025 11:52:29 AM PST by Bernard ("Nothing is as expensive as that which the government provides for free." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: aquila48

He’s not liberal enough for her?

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For many Democrats he’s not liberal enough.

I read the liberal message boards all the time & Newsom will definitely face a challenger to his left in their 2028 primary.

The people who finance and control the party will help some lefty be somewhat competitive, but they’ll roll with a more centrist candidate they think can win the General.

“If they get too clever, it might blow up in their face.”


18 posted on 12/06/2025 11:54:43 AM PST by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. )
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

President?
This mookabooker Newsom should not even be dog catcher
Lying fool he is


19 posted on 12/06/2025 12:44:19 PM PST by Joe Boucher (Kimber .45 Be Kind.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I love how these Hollyweird people suddenly find a cause, but only after it happens to them.


20 posted on 12/06/2025 1:11:32 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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