Gavin Newsom wants Joe Biden's job. Here are 6 reasons why that's a horrible idea
California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants Joe Biden's job and here are 6 reasons why that's a horrible idea -- from statewide crime to homelessness. He also lies.
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1. The arrogant liar: Newsom famously dined at an elite restaurant during his emergency COVID-19 shutdown. He claimed he was following his own guidelines, but the pictures dispelled that lie. During his public-school shutdown, he falsely claimed he was still a "Zoom" school parent while his children were actually attending private school in person. Meanwhile, while California has banned state-funded travel to 22 states because of their alleged "anti-LGBTQ+ policies," Newsom hypocritically vacations in one of them.
2. Crisis of poverty: From 2013 to today, California has been No. 1 in the country in poverty, including child poverty, "according to the census’ Supplemental Poverty Measure." Whatever else you read about California, including its $300 billion budget this year, that poverty alone is an indictment of the California way and highlights Newsom’s failures.
3. Homelessness: Two years after Newsom was elected Governor, as of "January 2020, California had an estimated 161,548 experiencing homelessness on any given day." Then it got worse. According to HUD, "California’s homeless population increased 7% from 2020 to 2021."
4. Out-of-control crime: San Francisco’s DA was just recalled for being soft on crime. As San Francisco Mayor, Newsom appointed the current Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon to be San Francisco’s DA. Now spiraling crime in Los Angeles has fueled a recall against him, but Newsom claims he doesn’t "know" enough about Gascon's job performance.
As for California overall, years of "reform" under Prop 47, that downgrades the penalties for thefts under $950, led a Democrat Assemblyman to state: "We are watching an epidemic of theft caused by Proposition 47 that overpromised and under delivered, which has quite literally, turned California into the Wild Wild West." Meanwhile, homicides jumped 31% in 2020 and in a state where nearly half the voters are Democrats, "78% of registered voters said crime has increased over the past year, and 65% said it’s worsened in their local areas."
5. Health crises: California is on the front line of the fentanyl crisis and the marijuana health crisis. In 2020, nearly three times as many died in San Francisco because of illicit drugs, including fentanyl, than COVID-19. Meanwhile, a "recent CNN investigation found that more Fresno County residents died of meth overdoses in 2020 than homicides or suicides; one- or two-vehicle crashes; and fire, falls and drowning combined."
Beyond that, "California, hospital admissions for cannabis-related complications have shot up – from 1,400 in 2005 to 16,000 by 2019." Illegal cannabis sales are double legal sales and, in California joins the other 18 legalized cannabis states that have "rates of addiction are nearly 40 per cent higher than states without legal cannabis."
6. The rest of the serious crises: California suffers from a perennial water shortage — largely because Newsom sides with environmentalists blocking new water storage despite voter-approved bonds. California is the only state that endures a deadly fire season every year, in part because politicians and bureaucrats blocked proper management of forests and wooded areas, including those near power lines. The supply-chain crisis has a home — it’s the California ports and Newsom has been AWOL on the issue. Despite calling it "jaw dropping," Newsom has not committed any serious dollars to the problem despite the state’s $300-billion budget.
just don't know enough about him at the moment
