 And since then, Newsom's naysayers have taken over the dialogue. Newsom posted the following words, Violence has no place in our democracy. My thoughts are with President Trump and everyone impacted at the rally today. A wide majority of more than 13,000 responses are coming from people who say Newsom and his colleagues in the Democratic Party bear responsibility for the shooting that left an attendee dead and others injured. Many point out that America is a constitutional republic, not a democracy.