Heres what Gavin Newsom doesnt want you to know about him

Gavin Newsom is running for President.You can expect him to declare for the presidency by December of this year.He already has a book coming: “Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery.”At age 58, that might seem like false advertising. The book purports to be a tell-all — coming clean, as it were, clearing the deck before opposition researchers (Democrat and Republican) can dig up dirt on their own.But there’s one thing Newsom doesn’t want you to know about: his dismal record as governor. Yes, California is among the wealthiest states.

It’s also among the poorest.The Public Policy Institute of California noted that “in 2023, 31.1% of Californians were either at or near poverty.” California is also worst in homelessness, and in unemployment.Worse yet, according to the U.S.News and World Report, California ranks 50th in opportunity among the states.

California also ranks 50th in that all-important presidential election category of “affordability.”  All that despite California arguably being the most blessed piece of real estate on earth. So, what’s an ambitious politician without a good record to do? Knowing he won’t be able to sell the nation’s voters on his record as governor, Newsom now wants voters to buy a tale of rags-to-riches. Like many of his spin jobs, however, it’s a tall tale, tailor-made for a White House run, but at a far remove from reality. As California Post recently noted, Newsom’s “signature aesthetic originates from a desperate attempt to reinvent himself.” Newsom maintains he invented his debonair persona in response to a difficult high school experience with bullies.His memoir is an attempt to give his past a makeover — this time, to cover up failures that are all his own.Unfortunately for Newsom, we live in the digital age — and nothing disappears.For example, Newsom claims he had a poor upbringing. But in 1991, Newsom made his first appearance in a photo in San Francisco Chronicle, posing w...