Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) brazen hypocrisy and corruption have been on display for years. Newsom barely puts any effort into masking it.
The latest scandal stems from the state’s minimum wage hike for fast-food restaurants. An exemption was written into the law for restaurants that bake and sell their own bread on-site, which a Bloomberg report tied to billionaire Greg Flynn, whose company controls multiple Panera Bread restaurants throughout California. Flynn is a close friend of Newsom’s and complained about the proposed legislation in 2022.
Now, Newsom’s office is claiming that “our legal team has reviewed and it appears Panera is not exempt from the law.” For a sampling of the local media reporting on this, “multiple sources told KCRA 3 that the governor pushed for the exemption in the late stages of the bill’s negotiation in 2022 with Flynn’s influence.” So who are you to believe: the interpretation of Newsom’s office of what “appears” to be covered by the law or Newsom’s own record when it comes to exemptions for him and his buddies?
Let’s take a stroll through California’s brief history of Newsom’s hypocrisy. The first recall attempt against him was launched when he violated his own COVID-19 restrictions on indoor dining and gathering sizes while dining with a lobbyist at an upscale French restaurant. While Newsom shut down public schools and forcibly masked children, his own children went to school in person and were free to attend maskless summer camps.
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California bans publicly-funded travel to several states based on “hateful” laws, but Newsom has been free to travel to them to promote himself and his own political ambitions, either violating the spirit of the law or the law itself if Californians are funding his security. And Newsom is no stranger to giving carveouts to friendly industries, as was proven when California exempted Hollywood from several COVID-19 restrictions and lockdown rules.
This is how Newsom has operated as governor. We have five years of evidence that this is who he is. He has been preparing for a future presidential campaign and continues to have no interest in hiding just how regularly he is willing to use his position to the benefit of himself and his friends. He is unfit to be a leader of anything, much less the most populous state in the country.