California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) called out Fox News host Jesse Watters, blaming him personally for “aiding and abetting” the alleged violent attack against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi.

Newsom argued that Watters, among others, had “dehumanized” Speaker Pelosi — and he claimed that had helped to foster a climate where political violence seemed reasonable.

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Gavin Newsom Attacks Fox’s Jesse Watters for His Negative Coverage of Paul Pelosi and Its Dehumanizing Effect pic.twitter.com/W11OnWdlFH

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“I’ve seen the dehumanization of Nancy Pelosi. I don’t think anyone’s been dehumanized like she has consistently. I watched this one guy, Jesse Watters or something on Fox News, and what he’s been saying about Paul Pelosi the last five, six months, mocking him consistently. Don’t tell me that’s not aiding and abetting all of this. Of course it is,” Newsom argued.

“They’re sowing the seeds, they’re creating a culture and climate like this,” the California Governor continued. “I mean, look online. Look at the sewage that is online that they amplify on these networks and in social media to dehumanize people like Nancy Pelosi and other political leaders.”

Watters responded during his Monday evening broadcast of “Jesse Watters Reports,” saying, “Gavin Newsom thinks if you mock a Democrat, it puts them on a target list. We’ve always said, Gavin’s biggest flaw? He’s not very smart.”

Newsom was far from the only person to blame Republicans in the aftermath of the attack. President Joe Biden argued that rhetoric from the far right was driving more people to political violence — and MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell claimed that the man who allegedly attacked Pelosi was driven by the same rhetoric that had led to the January 6th riot on Capitol Hill.

CBS anchor Margaret Brennan took things a bit further during Sunday morning’s broadcast of “Face the Nation,” asking Congressman Tom Emmer (R-MN) whether Republican ads blaming Pelosi for years of bad policies might be pushing more people toward violence.

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.@TomEmmer calls out the media for trying to blame Republican rhetoric for the Paul Pelosi attack.

Why didn’t they blame Dems when a Bernie Sanders supporter shot Steve Scalise? pic.twitter.com/Ko6iTLZ4UM

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“I never saw anyone, after Steve Scalise was shot by a Bernie Sanders supporter —” Emmer said, but Brennan interrupted.

“I’m talking about right now!” she said. “It just is happening now.”

” — equate Democrat rhetoric with those actions,” Emmer continued. “Please don’t do that.”

“No, no, okay,” Brennan pushed back. “Looking at your candidates, Republican candidates have spent more than $116 million on ads that mention Speaker Pelosi by name in this cycle. If this is about the issues, why shouldn’t you make it about the issues? Why not depersonalize it?”

Brennan continued to argue that Republicans should refrain from naming Pelosi in ads in order to keep people from potentially targeting her.

In the last mid-term elections in 2018, Democrats crushed Republicans among black voters. They won 92% of the black vote, compared to just 6% for the GOP.

That same year, Democrats enjoyed a lopsided majority among Hispanic voters, 72% to 25%, according to exit polling data studied by Pew Research.

But things are changing fast this time around as black and Hispanic voters move hard to the GOP amid skyrocketing gas and food prices and soaring crime rates across the country.

“The issue of inflation – and the feeling that the White House hasn’t done enough to address it – is helping Republicans score significant inroads among Hispanic and Black voters, both demographic groups that Democrats have long relied on for support,” USA Today reports.

“Now, 40% of Hispanics and 21% of Blacks are backing the Republican candidate,” according to a USA Today/Suffolk University poll.

Those numbers are huge — black support up 15 points from 6% in the last midterms to 21%, and Hispanic support jumping the same 15 points to 40%.

Of course, the real numbers could change after the election; the poll is merely a projection of what voters say now. But even if the jump is half that projected — let’s say 7-, 8-point increases — it would still lead to a Republican tsunami on Election Day.

While Democrats are trying to frame the November 8 election around abortion, the poll found 37% chose the economy/inflation as the most important issue, with abortion second at less than half that number (18%).

The sudden movement among the two voting blocs comes as blacks and Hispanics have grown increasingly frustrated with soaring crime in U.S. cities. After decades of failure by Democrats — who have long run the biggest American cities — perhaps it’s time to give the other guys a try.

But there are a few other driving forces in the movement. The predominantly Christian black and Hispanic blocs are not supportive of the gay and transexual agenda being pushed by Democrats. And they’re not at all happy about the defund the police and no-bail practices spouted by liberals — mainly because in the cities, they’re the most affected by the policies.

Democrats already know they’re going to get crushed in the midterms and some are already prepping their talking points for November 9: The elections were stolen because Republicans suppressed voters of color.

Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre last Tuesday said “voter suppression” and “high turnout” can take place at the same time when asked about election turnout in Georgia. President Joe Biden said the state’s voting laws amount to “Jim Crow 2.0” — but Georgia is seeing record early voting turnout.

“And speaking generally of course, more broadly, of course, high turnout and voter suppression can take place at the same time,” she said. “They don’t have to be, one doesn’t have to happen on its own. They could be happening at the same time.”

Jean-Pierre was asked if the White House is “observing instances of voter suppression in Georgia and other states that adopted some of these laws over the last two years.”

The answer was bizarre.

“Look, we have seen ourselves, I just laid out — we’ve seen ourselves, from what legislation, state legislation we have seen across the country that is suppressing the right to vote, and look, we believe that people should have the fundamental access to voting,” she said.

Politico, a liberal website founded by two reporters from The Washington Post, is pushing the talking points, too. The site said blacks just aren’t coming out to vote and lamenting that the voting bloc that put Biden into office is souring on the doddering POTUS.

“After Black voters played a pivotal role in electing President Joe Biden two years ago, the strategists said that some Black voters believe that not enough has changed since, especially when it comes to the economy, gun violence, voting rights and criminal justice reform,” Politico wrote.

Even if the USA Today poll is only half right, blacks and Hispanics will decide the election — and it won’t be pretty for Democrats.

The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.