Earlier this week, Fox News host Sean Hannity featured a long interview with Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), to discuss several wide-ranging topics.
The interview marked Newsom’s first appearance on the network since 2010, when he was serving as the mayor of San Francisco.
A report from Politico claims Hannity had personally reached out to Newsom and offered to host the interview. “Hannity noted that the two men — both silvering Irish Catholics — had known each other for years. He wanted to sit down and chat about real issues, mano-a-mano,” the report stated.
During the interview, Newsom admitted that he watches Hannity’s program.
“We need more of these kind of conversations,” Newsom said. “We need to not just accuse each other of misleading the American people, but I think confront each other in the context of providing opportunities to address some of the facts that are often omitted in terms of the conversations and topics we choose to pick up.”
According to early Nielsen reports, the interview was watched by nearly 2 million viewers Monday evening.
