Fox News host Jesse Watters made numerous comments on Monday about California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s gender identity, saying the Democratic presidential hopeful possesses supposedly feminine qualities.

“Gavin is, how do I say this, he’s kind of like a woman trapped in a man’s body,” Watters said on “The Five.” “You could probably convince the base that Gavin is a woman. He changes his mind a lot, he’s always in the mirror, he’s always crying, he’s crossing his legs constantly. I think they could buy that.”

Watters and his co-hosts were discussing a report from Axios that claimed some Democrats were debating the best way to win back the presidency in 2028, with some reportedly suggesting it should be a “straight, white, Christian man.”

“There is a fear — and I actually don’t think this is just a grass-tops fear, I think you’d hear it from voters, too — that a woman has now lost twice,” a national Democratic strategist told Axios.

“Fine, run Gavin Newsom. This is what this is about,” Watters said, referring to the report. “They are struggling to how to come to grips with running a straight white male.”

“The Five” and the Axios report pointed to comments made last year by former first lady Michelle Obama, who said the U.S. is “not ready for a woman.”

“Well, as we saw and this past election, sadly, we ain’t ready. That’s why I’m, like, don’t even look at me about running, because you all are lying. You are not ready for a woman. You are not. So don’t waste my time, you know, we’ve got a lot of growing up to do, and there’s still, sadly, a lot of men who do not feel like they can be led by a woman,” Obama said in November during a special edition of her IMO podcast with actress Tracee Ellis Ross.

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