Exactly. A woman has 0% chance of winning in the next few cycles. That's just reality. I love AOC, and I would vote for her in the general, but she would lose.
Newsome is fine. He's not transphobic, he is big time supporter of LGBTQ+. He's trying to find a moderate message to win because he saw how Republicans destroyed Kamala on the trans issue.
Personally, I think he should go hard left, but I'm not an incredibly successful governor of the best state in the country.
The Republic fell with the SCOTUS Trump v United States decision. It's just a matter of discovering what things look like once the dust settles.