In recent months, the California Democrat’s public language has taken on an unmistakably biblical tone. Even his mocking “patriot shop” — created to parody the merchandise sold by President Donald Trump to fund his political efforts — includes a Bible for sale, though it remains permanently “sold out” as part of the long-running joke. Newsom has long pointed to his Catholic upbringing as a guiding force in certain decisions, most notably citing his faith as the motivation for halting state executions in 2019, one of his earliest major actions as governor. He has also, on occasion, mentioned his Jesuit education at Santa Clara University. But the explicit, repeated invocation of scripture is something new, emerging only in the past few months as a consistent element of his messaging. “It has become a much more frequent reference point for him,” said Dan Schnur, a longtime Republican political operative and professor at UC Berkeley. This rhetorical shift comes at the same time Newsom ...
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