Gavin Newsom’s recent comments on transgender athletes, saying they are committed to protecting equality even as their state’s leader sides with a prominent right-wing figure on inclusion in sports.

California Democrats accused Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) of “caving to conservative talking points” after he suggested transgender participation in sports was “deeply unfair.” The debacle sparked after Newsom told GOP activist Charlie Kirk during a podcast this week that he agreed it was unfair to allow biological men to compete against women.