Newsom Unleashed: The Progressive Lust for Unbridled Power
Praise for Newsom Unleashed
“Ellie Gardey Holmes unmasks California Governor Gavin Newsom as the self-serving opportunist he truly is.” –Newt Gingrich
“I’ve been appalled by Gavin Newsom for years, but to read Ellie Gardey Holmes’s powerful and unflinching new book Newsom Unleashed: The Progressive Lust for Unbridled Power is to find one’s contempt for this hideous creature skyrocketing.” -Bruce Bawer in Front Page Magazine
Featured In:
The London Times
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California Globe
The Hugh Hewitt Show
Journalist Ellie Gardey Holmes is about to unmask the real Gavin Newsom.
Gavin Newsom has been a force in California politics since the 1990s, having acquired power through the machinations of his family and friends. As mayor of San Francisco, his Hollywood mystique and historic progressive policies meant that he could do no wrong—even when he was caught having an affair with his secretary, who also happened to be his friend’s wife. Eventually, however, Newsom’s brazen pursuit of power caused even the Left to sour on him, forcing him into the purgatory that was the lieutenant governor’s office.
But suave, cocky, and unrelenting, Newsom soon claimed the governorship, where he was free to insert woke policies into every aspect of Californians’ lives. With Jennifer Siebel Newsom, his glamorous but scandal-ridden “first partner,” at his side, Newsom has pushed California leftward into a dirtier and more dangerous version of itself—and positioned himself for his ultimate goal: the White House.
This account probes Newsom’s life and influence, addressing the homelessness crisis, COVID lockdowns, the recall, the education wars, and his combative relationships with Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump, while also shedding new light on issues like his relationship with a teenager as mayor, his New Age wedding, and his financial scandals. As a result, the real Gavin Newsom is uncovered—the one behind the veil of media adoration.
Newsom Unleashed Featured in the London Times
“Ellie Gardey Holmes, who studied him while co-authoring the book Newsom Unleashed: The Progressive Lust for Unbridled Power, said: ‘Gavin Newsom is not like any other politician. He is like a celebrity and he has been a celebrity since he was mayor of San Francisco.’
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Some see the memoir as a necessary clean-up exercise in an attempt to reset the narrative. But rather than take some edges off, he needs to add some on to prove that Newsom was not born from a petri dish.
In fact, his slickness may well be his greatest weakness. There are plenty who see him as having lived a gilded life. ‘He spent his 20s socialising at these parties of San Francisco’s elite and going to these mansions and elite hangout spots. People really saw him as Gordon Getty’s son back in his 20s, and he was treated as the equivalent of that,’ said Gardey Holmes. ‘That brought up a lot of elite advantages … he got business investments. He got political connections.’
