Genuine question: I don't know much about Newsom. From what I have heard & read about him online, he seemed to be left relative to the Democratic establishment, meaning left to the party officials like Schumer (or someone like Obama) but obviously still right compared to Sanders or AOC.
Is that wrong? Because most neoliberal establishment would for me rather mean at least as right as Schumer and more in the direction of someone like Joe Manchin.