Gavin Newsom relatives to hold Bay Area fundraiser for Trump
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Former President Donald Trump will attend a fundraiser in the Bay Area next week during his second trip to the region in roughly three months.
Presidential candidates coming to the wealthy nine-county area isn’t abnormal. What is abnormal, though, is that the billionaire hosting the event at his Woodside home on Sept. 13 is related to Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The tickets for next week’s fundraiser, hosted by Tom and Stacey Siebel, are going for as much as $500,000 per couple, according to the Los Angeles Times. Tom, a software developer, is a second cousin once removed of the governor’s wife, meaning the two are separated by one generation.
So yes, it’s a distant, in-law relation for Newsom. Still, the fact that Newsom is related at all to a couple who wants to see Trump back in the White House might raise some eyebrows. But this isn’t the first time that the family of Jennifer Siebel Newsom has made news for their political leanings.
Her parents moved to Florida in 2020, and her father, Ken Siebel, registered as a Republican in that state. A trust connected to the Seibel family also made a $5,000 donation in 2022 to a political action committee supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, one of Newsom’s most bitter political rivals.
DeSantis brought up Newsom’s in-laws in a televised debate between himself and Newsom in December, saying they fled California because of taxes and crime. However, after the debate, Ken Siebel told the Daily Mail that he and his wife moved from Montana to Florida, and that they hadn’t lived in California in years. Siebel also told the outlet that DeSantis is a “lying slimeball.”
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Presidential candidates coming to the wealthy nine-county area isn’t abnormal. What is abnormal, though, is that the billionaire hosting the event at his Woodside home on Sept. 13 is related to Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The tickets for next week’s fundraiser, hosted by Tom and Stacey Siebel, are going for as much as $500,000 per couple, according to the Los Angeles Times. Tom, a software developer, is a second cousin once removed of the governor’s wife, meaning the two are separated by one generation.
So yes, it’s a distant, in-law relation for Newsom. Still, the fact that Newsom is related at all to a couple who wants to see Trump back in the White House might raise some eyebrows. But this isn’t the first time that the family of Jennifer Siebel Newsom has made news for their political leanings.
Her parents moved to Florida in 2020, and her father, Ken Siebel, registered as a Republican in that state. A trust connected to the Seibel family also made a $5,000 donation in 2022 to a political action committee supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, one of Newsom’s most bitter political rivals.
DeSantis brought up Newsom’s in-laws in a televised debate between himself and Newsom in December, saying they fled California because of taxes and crime. However, after the debate, Ken Siebel told the Daily Mail that he and his wife moved from Montana to Florida, and that they hadn’t lived in California in years. Siebel also told the outlet that DeSantis is a “lying slimeball.”
The governor himself also has relations in the Trump orbit. Newsom’s ex-wife, Kimberly Guilfoyle, is currently engaged to Trump’s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr.
Before Trump’s stop in the Bay Area, he’s expected to attend a fundraiser in Los Angeles as he campaigns against Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of November’s election. Trump’s last visit to the Bay Area was in June, where he attended a fundraiser in the San Francisco home of venture capitalist David Sacks.
Los Angeles Times Article Written by Alec Regimbal.