
Former chief of staff to Gavin Newsom siding with Walgreens in abortion pill fight amid rising tensions
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Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom's first chief of staff is reportedly repping Walgreens amid rising tensions between the governor and the company over the distribution of abortion pills.
Brandon Gillespie is an associate editor at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter at @brandon_cg.
According to the report, Newsom advisors were "alarmed" that O'Leary, an abortion advocate, was trying to convince them to lighten the administration's aggressive approach toward the company.
Newsom announced his hard line approach to Walgreens last week, just days after the company said it would no longer distribute the abortion drug mifepristone in 20 states after facing pushback from GOP attorneys general in February. The liberal governor promised that the pharmaceutical company would face consequences for this action.