Lately, the Democrats have been obsessed with a fantasy about President Trump having an affair with his aide, Natalie Harp. Obviously, that is nonsense.
Harp believes Trump saved her life with his 'right to try' legislation when she had cancer, so obviously she feels a great sense of gratitude toward him. Wouldn't anyone to a person they believed saved their life?
Anyway, the Left is sick so they have to make it nasty and lurid.
Well, Jennifer Van Laar, from our sister site Redstate, has rightly had quite enough.
🧵Well, I guess the standard's set for what's needed to report that a chief executive is having an affair with a staffer... so, let's talk about Gavin Newsom and Lindsey Cobia. Grab a snack and a beverage.
— Jennifer Van Laar (@jenvanlaar) August 28, 2026
Cobia's been almost Velcro'd to his side since 2018, when she was his… https://t.co/6hwg5zRQEk pic.twitter.com/qgqu6vewY3
Gavin Newsom has an aide who is always by his side constantly and has for years now. Why isn't that fodder for the Left? Oh, that's (D) different.
In late March 2021 many CA political journalists on both sides of the aisle (including me) were told that the next day the LA Times was going to break the news that Newsom and Cobia, who worked as his Newsom's Senior Assistant, were having an affair.
— Jennifer Van Laar (@jenvanlaar) August 28, 2026
That story didn't publish,… pic.twitter.com/odQ2ewaRnx
There have been rumors for years. It also wouldn't be the first time Gavin hasn't been completely faithful to his marital relationship.
Then in October 2021 the rumored affair again became news when Newsom abruptly canceled a trip to the UN Climate Change conference in Scotland, citing "family obligations" and wasn't seen in public for 12 days. Journalists around the country were on the lookout for him, until I… pic.twitter.com/Op7tuFtIoV
— Jennifer Van Laar (@jenvanlaar) August 28, 2026
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There have been several different occasions when the alleged affair was set to blow up.
During the time Gavin was missing, I was told by numerous sources - one of whom had known the Newsoms well for more than a decade - that Jen Siebel Newsom was livid that Lindsey was to go on the trip to Scotland and forced him to cancel. That insider told me that JSN had found a… pic.twitter.com/lqbH1YwBF4
— Jennifer Van Laar (@jenvanlaar) August 28, 2026
Obviously, all of this is rumor and conjecture, but there is MUCH more evidence of these allegations than any about Trump. There is zero corroboration about a Trump affair, but Democrats are running with it.
The same day Gavin canceled his Scotland trip, 10/29/21, CA Atty Gen Rob Bonta announced that he'd hired Lindsey's husband, Michael Redding, as a Special Assistant Attorney General and that Redding would "serve as a legal and policy advisor on law enforcement, firearms, and… pic.twitter.com/EtkP7PONwL
— Jennifer Van Laar (@jenvanlaar) August 28, 2026
Jennifer has ALL the receipts.
In 2023, Cobia accompanied Newsom to the GOP presidential primary debate at the Reagan Library, then in 2024 she was with him at the Trump/Biden debate in Atlanta. (She was likely with him other places; these are just the photos I can find.) pic.twitter.com/CPN4ZpJizz
— Jennifer Van Laar (@jenvanlaar) August 28, 2026
They certainly are chummy, that is for sure.
Then in May 2025, Newsom brought Lindsey's husband into his cabinet as the Senior Advisor and Deputy Cabinet Secretary for Public Safety, which for most people would be weird - but it's not like Gavin hasn't carried on an affair with an employee whose husband was also employed by… pic.twitter.com/wfVqSr3gkR
— Jennifer Van Laar (@jenvanlaar) August 28, 2026
That is history repeating itself.
Meanwhile, Lindsey was still hanging out with Gavin through her perch at Campaign for Democracy, even traveling with him this spring (since FEC records show she was reimbursed for travel expenses). What's really interesting is the $213,000 (!!) bonus she got at the end of 2025!… pic.twitter.com/hZozv1IXBV
— Jennifer Van Laar (@jenvanlaar) August 28, 2026
And Gavin's gal pal is handsomely compensated.
Hoooo boy…I know you wouldn’t publish this without air tight sources. 🍿
— FugitiveMama (@fugitivemama) August 28, 2026
And now for the rest of the story.
Meet Gavin Newsom.
— James Gallagher (@J_Gallagher4CA) August 4, 2026
Gavin doesn’t want to talk about a recent story regarding a subordinate employee that he slept with while he was mayor.
He uses Izzy to distract.
Ok Izzy: answer this question. Did your boss learn his lesson or did he do it again while Governor? Yes or… https://t.co/PR4INe4seD
Oh, what tangled webs we weave.
Twenty years of “personal lapses” and he’s still selling himself as the moral alternative. The product hasn’t changed.
— Just Some Guy. (@PoliInsider) August 28, 2026
Absolutely slimy, lying, two-timing degenerate.
Newsom is a total scumbag.