Newsom, a perpetual self-promotion machine – Latest News
Most employees in California get two weeks of paid go away per yr, perhaps three.
Through mid-March in 2026, Gavin Newsom, aka the Runaway Gov, has already hit the highway for at the very least two weeks –– to advertise himself, natch.
He’s jetted to Europe twice in a bid to seem presidential, and launched into three legs of a national guide tour via early-voting presidential major states resembling South Carolina, New Hampshire, and Nevada.
Newsom speaks about his new memoir “Young Man in a Hurry,” during a guide tour occasion at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. REUTERS
Subtle.
The gov would do effectively to are likely to his day job in Sacramento, in lieu of a lot self-serving journey.
Consider the distinction between Newsom and President Trump, who advised reporters on the White House on Monday that he’d postpone a late-March summit in Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
“We’ve got a war going on. I think it’s important that I be here.”
The governor has no warfare on his arms, of course. But think about a sampling of state crises below Newsom & Co.:
Chronic high charges of homelessness. Abysmal affordability. Stubborn housing, water, vitality and road-capacity shortages.
Dismal public schooling outcomes. Overtaxation — together with an absurd proposed billionaire tax. Woeful underperformance by state authorities.
Rampant fraud. Widespread crime. Union and different special-interest seize of Sacramento.
And more.
Yet by some means, hawking his memoir, Young Man in a Hurry, takes precedence.
He’s a Gov in a Hurry to run for Prez, after all.
According to Newsom’s workers, the governor’s journey is at the very least borderline helpful for California.
It’s laborious to see how, although.
California Governor Gavin Newsom holds up crimson kneepads on the World Economic Forum assembly in Davos. REUTERS
What do state residents gain from his guide tour, precisely? Or from his abroad jaunts, through which he trashed the US president on international soil and cast a climate partnership with the UK that nearly no one requested for?
His “travel includes official state business, meetings advancing California’s economic and job-creating climate partnerships, political and personal activity conducted in his personal capacity,” a Newsom spokesman stated.
So to interrupt that down: Newsom travels for “official state business” (imprecise), “meetings advancing … partnerships” (huh?), and “political and personal activity (bingo).”
Wealthy donors seem to pay for at the very least some of his “political and personal” excursions; per The California Post, the California State Protocol Foundation has raised $6.2 million for the gov’s political wanderlust.
It’s cheap to ask what these contributors are getting –– or what they anticipate to get –– in return.
Of course, even when he’s home, Newsom’s usually busy with podcasts, Trump trolling, and photograph ops, relatively than a lot discernible constructive work.
Gavin Newsom is a perpetual self-promotion machine.
Through immediately, he’s on tempo to spend 9.5 weeks away from Sacramento this yr –– a stable 2.2 months out of pocket.
Try asking your boss for a similar, and good luck.
