California Governor Gavin Newsom is facing fierce blowback after he announced that he is launching a podcast.
While his home state is still trying to fully assess the damage caused by the fires that razed thousands of acres, as well as homes and businesses to the ground, Newsom apparently thought this would be a good time to get himself on the airwaves.
He posted a video promoting his new venture on X:
I’m launching a NEW PODCAST. We need to change the conversation.
I’m talking directly with people I disagree with, people I look up to, and you — the listeners.
Egg prices? Tariffs? DOGE? We’re tackling all your big questions.
This is Gavin Newsom. Subscribe now ➡️… pic.twitter.com/WdzGeqdvZ4
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) February 26, 2025
“We need to change the conversation, and that’s why I’m launching a new podcast. And this is gonna be anything but the ordinary ‘politician’ podcast,” he said. “I’m gonna be talking to people directly that I disagree with as well as people that I look up to. But more importantly than anything else, I’ll be talking directly to you, the listener. Real conversations, like what’s going on with the cost of eggs? What are the real impacts, to you, around tariffs? What power does an executive order really have? And what’s really going on inside of DOGE?”
“Look, there’s an onslaught of information that we take in, so let’s take it to the sources without the typical political mumbo-jumbo. In the first few weeks, we’re going to be sitting down with some of the biggest leaders and architects of the MAGA movement,” he added.
If this was supposed to be an effort to bring people together, it doesn’t look like it worked:
California just burned to the ground and Gavin Newsom launches a podcast.
That says it all.
— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) February 26, 2025
I’ll speak with you.
Tell me why children should be turned into anorgasmic, sterilized, lifelong pharmaceutical patients. pic.twitter.com/fPTilSu2iy
— Billboard Chris (@BillboardChris) February 26, 2025
Why don’t you talk about why you only cared about dealing with the insane amount of homeless people in LA when Xi Jinping came to visit?
Or how about why you threw a maskless party for yourself at the French Laundry while simultaneously having people under lockdown and causing a…
— Leftism (@LeftismForU) February 26, 2025
Shouldn’t you focus on the cities you burned down?
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) February 26, 2025
God this is some truly painful cringe right here
— Hodgetwins (@hodgetwins) February 26, 2025
How about you do your job? No one wants another podcast. We want you to fix California. You really need a new PR person if they thought this would help your image.
— Jennifer Galardi (@JennGalardi) February 26, 2025
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