California Governor Gavin Newsom, who is trying to position himself to win the nomination on the Democrat ticket, recently published a memoir.
The governor, who has ties to the Getty family, is trying to present himself as having a horrid upbringing to make himself more likable, including a bad mommy story in the book.
Well, it did not work out so well for Gavin, as he is getting absolutely torched online right now.
Newsom’s book, “Young Man in a Hurry,” explains how a young Gavin Newsom was forced to reinvent himself in high school.
Oddly enough, he tells a story about being bullied by someone during those years, who called him, wait for it, “Newscum,” the very same nickname that Trump has been using on him for years.
Now, I can’t prove it, of course, but something tells me that Newsom’s bully is an imaginary friend whom he put in there specifically to take a veiled shot at Trump.
According to Newsom, the bullying led him to emulate Pierce Brosnan’s character on “Remington Steele,” at which point his nickname was changed to “El Presidente.” Again, I don’t believe it for a second. This all seems far too convenient to me.
Newsom then continues to go after the empathy angle, claiming that his mother, Menzies, “cruelly” told him that it was “ok to be average” because he was not finishing his homework.
Newsom suffered from dyslexia, which created some learning challenges for him while he was in school.
He then wrote, “I don’t recall crueler words ever said about me.”
This is actually comical. I wish those words were the cruelest words ever spoken to me by a parent or anyone, for that matter. Honestly, it sounds more like she was trying to comfort him than criticize him or mock him, so Gavin clearly has some pretty thin skin.
While Newsom claims his mother’s words were the cruelest words ever spoken to him, he had better get ready because the internet is unloading on him now.
Steve Hilton, who is running for governor in the next cycle, responded, “What a joke this whole act is. There’s no better example of elitist privilege than Gavin Newsom. Look at his family and his connections, going back generations. In any other country you’d call it aristocracy.”
Hilton is not exaggerating, as Newsom tapped into his family connections to get some of that Getty money to start a business venture right out of college. Some might call Newsom’s life a dream, yet he is trying to work on everyone’s empathy for a higher office.
Normally, I would read this book, if for no other reason than to get inside the head of the enemy. In this case, the excerpts have told me all I need to know. They confirmed what I already believed about Newsom. He is nothing more than a real-life version of “Waldo Kitty.”
