I voted for him too. As for Nancy, I wish her staff would look out for her better than that. That guy doesn’t deserve to be in the same building with her, let alone right next to her.
As for your take on it, I agree that Nancy probably agreed to it. Someone should have a little talk with her IMO.
Nancy Reagan is no naif and doesn’t need handlers to protect her image from sitting next to a not very conservative Governor of California; when if not for him there would almost certainly be a very liberal Democrat Governor of California.