Vogue Profile of Gavin Newsom Reads Like a Teen Crush Diary

The mainstream media is laying the groundwork for 2028 and it just offered up one of the most laughable examples of political fangirling in recent memory. Vogue’s Spring 2026 issue features a fawning puff piece on California Governor Gavin Newsom that reads less like journalism and more like the pages of a high school crush diary.

Written by Maya Singer and paired with a glowing Annie Leibovitz photo spread, the article kicks off by calling Newsom “embarrassingly handsome” and “presidential” before plunging headfirst into poetic adoration. From the lighting in the room to the cut of his jawline, the profile practically begs to be classified as campaign literature.

“It must drive Trump nuts,” Singer gushes, describing Newsom as “lithe, ardent, energetic… Kennedy-esque,” with “a glimmer of optimism in his eye.”

Apparently, the “journalist” couldn’t decide whether she was profiling a governor or fantasizing about a romance novel lead.

By paragraph three, we’re treated to a scene worthy of a perfume ad: “As he spoke, late-summer sun slanted in through the windows, bathing Newsom in an oh so California magic-hour glow.” She continues to describe his “molecular reality” and his “fantastic gab,” as if Newsom is some mythical figure whose greatness can’t be captured by mere mortals.

This isn’t reporting it’s a love letter.

And it’s perfectly timed. Newsom, term-limited as governor of California, is openly laying the foundation for a 2028 presidential bid. What better way to polish his national image than to have Vogue fawn over him while ignoring the chaos he leaves behind in California?

Let’s not forget what Newsom’s “legacy” actually looks like:

• Over 180,000 homeless people in California more than any other state, with no solution in sight.

• Skyrocketing crime and soft-on-crime policies that have turned San Francisco and Los Angeles into case studies in urban decay.

• The highest state income tax in the country, alongside a mass exodus of residents fleeing to red states like Texas and Florida.

But you won’t read a word of that in Vogue. Instead, Singer waxes poetic about his decision to launch a podcast “This is Gavin Newsom” and his oh-so-deep decision to interview Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. Never mind that Newsom used the opportunity to virtue signal his moral superiority over Kirk, claiming he just wanted to understand “why young men” are flocking to conservative voices.

His response to critics? That Kirk “platformed” him. You heard that right: Gavin Newsom, multi-millionaire governor of America’s most populous state, sees himself as the underdog in an interview with a conservative activist.

As Sean Spicer put it, the whole thing is “very Beto” a reference to another overhyped Democrat who fizzled on the national stage. Others were more blunt.

“A true monument to sycophancy, obsequiousness and outright slobbery,” said commentator Gerry Callahan.

“Apparently taken over by a 15-year-old girl with a crush on Gavin Newsom,” added Kevin Dalton.

And that’s the story here the corporate media is no longer reporting. They’re campaigning. This wasn’t an article it was a warm-up act for a 2028 presidential run. A taxpayer-funded trainwreck of a governor repackaged as a polished, silver-haired savior, thanks to the same media machine that sold us Beto, Kamala, and Biden as “historic.”

Don’t be fooled. Behind the dreamy lighting and PR buzzwords is a man who left California in worse shape than he found it and now wants to bring that dysfunction nationwide.

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