Xavier Becerra and Nithya Raman won their elections now theyre dodging questions about the promises that got them there

Xavier Becerra and Nithya Raman seem to think that they don’t have a responsibility to tell the public what they plan to do in office, now that they have won their respective elections.The governor-elect and mayor-elect both brushed reporters’ questions aside at press events this week. These weren’t “gotcha” questions.They were the most obvious, ordinary queries.

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He got away with it, because he had a big lead in the polls.But now he is accountable to the press and the public.On Thursday, at a press conference that he himself had called, Becerra was asked whether he would “commit to reversing the Medi-Cal cuts for undocumented immigrants.”It should have been an easy answer.

After all, he promised on his campaign website that he would “chart a clear path to ensuring that no Californian is left without care, regardless of income, zip code or immigration status.”So all the reporter was asking was whether he would actually do it.Instead of answering, he said: “That may get you elected, but that isn’t the way you govern.” In other words: Just kidding about all that.He went further, adding angrily: “Guys, don’t play this game about asking me to commit, because I didn’t get elected doing that.”Actually, he did.And it’s not a game.In Raman’s press event, after winning the race for mayor, she struggled to answer questions about her agenda for the first 100 days in office. California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!California Post App: Download here!Home delivery: ...