Shameless Newsom Throws Bass Under the Bus, Takes Zero Accountability for Trainwreck That Is California

Politicians are a special bunch. The slippery ones are able to gaslight
and deny with ease and never take accountability when they fail their
constituents. It’s always someone else’s fault, something they couldn’t
control, the result of bad decisions by the other party. 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has turned this into somewhat of an art
form, and would most likely tell you straight to your face without a
hint of irony that he has been a terrific governor and the state is
better off for it. The problem with that is, he’s been in power for over
seven years, and I cannot think of a single thing in the Golden State
that has improved under his watch. 

In fact, in almost every category imaginable, things have gotten
noticeably worse. 

Speaking on the "The Prof G Pod" podcast with host Scott Galloway
Thursday, the exquisitely coiffed governor pinned the blame for the
homelessness crisis on local Democrats, barely acknowledging that as the
leader of the state, he’s been a disaster on the issue. Remember this? 

The Real Daniel ????
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Year 16 of Gavin Newsom's 10-year plan to end homelessness & 24 billion
dollars later. 

https://twitter.com/i/status/2061262378634023001

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who’s in a tough primary with Palisades
fire victim Spencer Pratt, must have been pretty ticked off by this

On the "The Prof G Pod" podcast, Galloway pointed to Los Angeles as an
can't figure out a way to run cities and operate them well, we're just
going to have trouble across the whole federal stack in terms of
elections." [True dat.] 

While Newsom said that progress has been made in California, he admitted
it has not been visible or felt as much as it should. [In fairness, he
did admit in February to being a poor student.] 

"The ultimate manifestation of that failure, the byproduct of the
affordability crisis, what's happening as it relates to street
homelessness," he said. "Unsheltered homelessness, encampments in
particular, the permissiveness particularly that came at peak during and
after COVID as it relates to tents out on the streets and sidewalks, the
quality of life, the diminution of quality of life and this notion that
we couldn't do anything about it." [Wait, is this a Steve Hilton ad or
what?] 

You mean all that failure that occurred under your reign? Where’s that
$24 billion, Governor? You better hope that Republican Steve Hilton


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Establishing the Taxpayer Fraud Strike Force to bring accountability for
$425 billion stolen from taxpayers on Gavin Newsom's watch. 

It will investigate whether Newsom was criminally negligent, and
prosecute if warranted. 

https://twitter.com/i/status/2061579246565261573

But wait, it’s Gavin Newsom we’re talking about here, so he had plenty
more gaslighting. Is this answer preposterous or what? 

"Somehow we were applying the standard that it was compassionate to step
over people in the streets and the sidewalks in the name of, you know,
their personal liberty," he said. "When, in fact, the degradation of the
communities, the businesses that were impacted by that, the family
structure — you know, mom that just wants to walk his or her kid down to
the playground, or in the stroller — was outraged and furious and didn't
trust government." 

Yes, but that’s what conservatives and concerned residents have been
yelling to the hilltops about for years, and yet all you did was issue
some obnoxious tweets from your press office and slam anybody who called
out the problems. 

The emotional governor is angered by the failure, but seemingly not at

"And so it is the issue that defines people's angers. It's the issue
that defines my anger as governor," Newsom added. 

No, it's not the definition of your anger; it's the definition of you.

Here comes the capper:

For the first time in close to two decades, Scott — no other governor
has been able to say this in decades — we've seen almost a double-digit
decrease in unsheltered homeless in the state of California. 

Bwaa ha ha! Time for ye olde “readers added context” community note on


Joel Pollak
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This is a giant lie that requires you to ignore the fact that net
homelessness is still way up under Newsom; it declined in the last two
years, which is also when Guess Who started deporting people Democrats
Deliver @DemzDeliver
?? Under Gavin Newsom, homelessness in California has dropped 9%.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HJM-QnYbcAAwmqh?format=jpg&name=small

Newsom waxed poetic about much more, including how he thought residents
lost trust in government during COVID (yes, because you locked my kids
at home for freaking two years while you dined out at expensive
restaurants), and thinks the Democrat supermajority in the state is a

"You know, I think the biggest problem with the Democratic Party is
we're perceived, rightfully, as too slow, weak, and ineffective," he
said. "We got to be more aggressive, stronger, more assertive, more
clear, more conviction." 

You wouldn’t know a conviction if it hit you in the face, Mr. “Boys
playing in girls’ sports is deeply unfair but I’ll do absolutely nothing
about it while a dude racks up wins at the state track championship.”
For normal people, this entire podcast would be a brutal self-own, but
Newsom is not self-aware enough and is too convinced of his own fabulous
virtue to comprehend that. 

Instead, he’ll almost surely be asking you in the near future to vote
for him as America’s next president. Now that is a terrible thought
indeed. 

Watch if you enjoy self-induced pain:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsqcbRkIWbU

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