Gavin Newsom says he hates lying politicians. Which is weird… because he is one. In this episode, Mikey breaks down 10 of Newsom’s biggest, most provable lies—from school shutdown hypocrisy to French Laundry fraud, gas price propaganda, PG&E bailouts, and his delusional presidential ambitions. This isn’t a roast. It’s a full-blown truth intervention.
Sources included. Get pissed. Get loud. And whatever you do… don’t let this man near the White House.
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10 Criticisms and Controversies Surrounding Gavin Newsom
- The "French Laundry" Dinner Scandal During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in November 2020, Governor Newsom attended a lobbying friend's birthday dinner at the exclusive French Laundry restaurant in Napa Valley, indoors and without masks, while simultaneously urging Californians to avoid gatherings and stay home.
- Overstated Wildfire Prevention Efforts A 2021 investigation by CapRadio and NPR's California Newsroom found that the Newsom administration had significantly overstated the acreage treated for wildfire fuel breaks and prescribed burns by as much as 690%.
- High-Speed Rail Project Issues The California High-Speed Rail project, which Newsom once suggested he would "pull the plug on" in its initial form, has faced immense cost overruns (estimated at over $100 billion above the original budget) and significant delays, with no segments fully operational despite billions spent.
- Massive Unemployment Insurance Fraud California's Employment Development Department (EDD) lost an estimated $33 billion or more to fraudulent unemployment claims during the pandemic, including payments made to prison inmates, leading to criticism of the state's oversight.
- "Panera-Gate" Minimum Wage Exemption Allegation Newsom faced accusations of "pay-to-play" politics when a new minimum wage law for fast-food workers included an exemption for bakeries, an exemption allegedly tied to a Panera Bread franchisee who was a major campaign donor.
- Exaggerated Baseball Career Claims Reporting in 2024 detailed how Newsom had consistently inflated his past baseball credentials, giving the impression he was a more accomplished college player than former coaches and teammates recalled.
- Worsening Homelessness Crisis Despite billions of dollars in state spending on related programs, California's homelessness crisis has worsened under Newsom's leadership, with the state accounting for a third of the nation's homeless population.
- High Cost of Living and Taxes Critics point to California's status as the state with the highest cost of living and gas taxes in the U.S. as a result of Newsom's policies, arguing these factors drive residents and businesses out of state.
- Energy and Insurance Crises Newsom's "Green New Deal" policies have been blamed for energy shortages, high utility rates, and an insurance crisis where major insurers have ceased or paused coverage in high-risk areas due to wildfire risk and state regulations.
- Undermining Election Integrity (Allegation) Political opponents have accused Newsom of undermining election integrity through various policies, such as refusing to clean voter rolls and successfully petitioning the state Supreme Court to block a taxpayer protection initiative from a public vote
