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Carolla calls Gavin Newsom a "sociopath" who does not think clearly

Adam Carolla · Adam Carolla on California’s Collapse: Fires, Failed Leadership, and Gyno-Fascism · Jan 13, 2026 · at 52:42

Adam Carolla criticizes California Governor Gavin Newsom's leadership style during an interview on The All-In Podcast.

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“Now, Gavin Newsom's a sociopath, but he's not a dope, but there's something wrong with him, clearly wrong, and he doesn't think clearly, and he's not linear at all, and I've interviewed him for an hour, and he's, there's something wrong with him, but I don't lump him in the dope department.”

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