The Daily Signal - VDH: Gavin Newsom Abandons Californians for 2028 White House Delusions

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Starting point is 00:00:25 We'd love to talk, business. Lately, Gavin has redirected his energies from the crises of California to his aspirations to run for president in 2008. He was in South Carolina, which is the first big primary campaigning. I don't think that's a good look to go to a red state given the status of California. He is doing his podcast and he is attacking Donald Trump. He called Donald Trump scum. You can see he's flailing. He's desperate.

Starting point is 00:00:56 He's a social media creature now. He's on X all the time. He's doing these podcasts. We're facing an existential crisis in California. Governor Newsom, you were on the San Francisco City Council. You were mayor of San Francisco. You were to lieutenant governor in some capacity or other. You've been almost 30 years in a position of responsibility.

Starting point is 00:01:16 You haven't done anything. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. I'm out of town today, so excuse the settings. there's any background noise. I want to talk about a familiar subject to all of you, Gavin Newsom, the governor here in my home state of California. Lately, Gavin has redirected his energies from the crises of California to his aspirations to run for president in 2008. He was in South Carolina, which is the first big primary campaigning. I don't think that's a good look to go to pretty much a red state.

Starting point is 00:02:04 given the status of California. But nevertheless, he did that. He's now inserted himself into the ICE deportations crisis in California and siding with the protesters that are trying to obstruct ICE. And he has a very incoherent position. He doesn't really tell us what his attitude is about the illegal immigrant community in California, which is the largest illegal alien group of any state in the Union here in California. He's siding with the illegal aliens. He doesn't tell us why he's doing that. He doesn't, he has no reference to the 10 to 12 million who came in illegally under Joe Biden, in which Gavin was very silent. And I guess the supposition is that Gavin thought it was quite moral for 12 million people to break the law, but it's quite amoral for somebody to try to

Starting point is 00:02:59 rectify this situation and force the law. But why he is doing it. his podcast and he is attacking Donald Trump. He called Donald Trump Scum. He went after J.D. Vance for going to Disneyland, said that was hypocritical given his criticisms of California. You can see he's flailing, he's desperate. He's a social media creature now. He's on X all the time.

Starting point is 00:03:24 He's doing these podcasts, although he's pivoted from the Steve Bannon Charlie Kirk type and he's going more left wing now because he thinks he has to win the primaries first, then he will pivot back. But here's my point. We're facing an existential crisis in California. Governor Newsom, there have not been very many building permits in Pacific Palisite. That is a catastrophe.

Starting point is 00:03:50 And that's in addition to the catastrophe of your governance when you did not allow the gleaning of hills and fuel and brush that caused the fire. And when Karen Bass was in Oversey in Ghana, and the water and power director closed down and did not fix or repair a reservoir. And when the vice mayor phoned in a bomb threat and was under house arrest, these were the conditions that led to that disaster. You're not addressing them. I just drove six hours on the California freeway system, Governor Newsom. In 2025, we have four. 40 million people and we have 40 million cars.

Starting point is 00:04:33 50 years ago, roughly 45 or 50 years ago, we had 20 million people and 4 million cars. And guess what? When I went down the 99, I5, 101, there are still large swaths that are two lanes. They have not changed in 50 or 60 years. And there is public domain space where they could could have been enlarged. You haven't done anything. You were on the San Francisco City Council. You were mayor of San Francisco. You were a lieutenant governor. You were governor in some capacity or other. You've been almost 30 years in a position of responsibility. You've never been an

Starting point is 00:05:16 advocate. These are some of the most dangerous, bloody highways in the world. Meanwhile, we have wasted $15 to $20 billion on high-speed rail, and not one foot of track has been laid. If we were to gift high-speed rail over to California and said, from Bakersfield to Merced, it's free. We built it. It would still lose money. No one wants to go from Bakersfield to Fresno any faster than they can on Amtrak. It's a disaster. Why don't you address that? We are looking at, we have the highest gas taxes, Governor Newsom, and now you've had a scheduled 60 cent or more increase. It's already started a cent and a half. Why are we doing this? We have the highest gas taxes, and yet we're sitting on the Monterey shale deposits.

Starting point is 00:06:06 We could be one of the greatest gas producers, natural gas and petroleum. Instead, we're importing petroleum from Saudi Arabia. And the price of gas, when I fill up today, when gas has gone down by two or three, was $5.50 in California, the poor can't afford that. Our energy is out of sight, 30 to 40 cents a kilowatt. And this is before the AI boom will really deplete us. We're not building traditional natural gas or more nuclear generation or hydroelectric. The solar farms are not an answer.

Starting point is 00:06:46 They do not create energy in the evening. The wind turbines, they all have to be subsidized. They're not giving us reliable energy. And it's very expensive to keep doing that. You're in South Carolina, but we have 13.3 income tax rate. It's the highest in the nation. Can you explain why we have that? And we still had this massive $77 billion deficit to start the year. We have the highest number of illegal aliens in the country in California. 27% of the California resident population was not born in the United States.

Starting point is 00:07:24 This is an enormous challenge of assimilation and integration. You're not addressing it. 21% of Californians live before the poverty line. You're in South Carolina. You're on podcasts with your friends. You're in a fight with Donald Trump. You're going down to help ICE be impeded. And we have the highest poverty rate in the United States.

Starting point is 00:07:47 We have one third of all people in public assistance here. One out of every two bursts in California is on Medi-Cal. 40% of the entire population is on Medi-Cal. Why would you try to impede ICE from deporting people who are here illegally using these services and crowding out the availability to your own state residents who are legal? In other words, you look at a state that is in complete freefall. It is a catastrophe. and rather than addressing transportation, energy, poverty, housing, gasoline.

Starting point is 00:08:33 What are you doing? You're campaigning for president, and you're in Twitter wars with the President of the United States, and you're defending the catastrophic governance at Los Angeles, and you're trying to impede the enforcement of a law that if it was enforced, you would be the biggest beneficiary. please stop this because California is a disaster and you more than anyone and the last 30 years are responsible for. Thank you very much. This is Victor Davis-Hanson for The Daily Signal. Thank you for tuning in to The Daily Signal.

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The Daily Signal - VDH: Gavin Newsom Abandons Californians for 2028 White House Delusions

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