Biden’s sinisterly executed flood of illegals that inflated California’s population. But no matter, Ryan


wasn’t equipped to push back, and so it went for four painful hours. Newsom also boasted


about “record-breaking tour- ism.” That claim was based on the shaky foundation of Bidenflation. In real dollars, tourism was down. Newsom bragged about


California being the “fourth- largest economy in the world.” But that’s because the


U.S. is growing faster than the more heavily regulated and taxed India, Japan, the U.K., France, and Italy. Cali- fornia’s yearly economic growth averaged only 2.3% from 2020 to 2023, com- pared to Florida’s 4.6% and Texas’ 3.9%. As the podcast ranged


across other topics — Cali- fornia’s draconian COV- ID-19 response, educational


outcomes, crime, green energy, homelessness, and high-speed rail — in every instance, Newsom’s “truth” went unchallenged. The question is, how did


Newsom learn to lie this way? How did he gain this political superpower? Newsom grew up sur-


rounded by those who trad- ed in lies but were too pow- erful to be held to account — or even care. Today’s Democratic Par- ty is overrun with nepotism


In a 2017 Facebook post, Newsom wrote: “My mom was a waitress, a secretary, a paralegal — she worked seven days a week . . .”


babies — “nepo babies,” for short — privileged offspring who ride family connections to fame and fortune while pretending it’s all merit. New York’s Democrat


mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Ca- lif., are new and old examples of beneficiaries of wealthy and well-connected parents.


FAMILY TIES Regardless of how a poli- tician breaks into elective office, a good origin story is vital. Gavin Newsom is no exception. In a 2017 Facebook post,


Newsom wrote: “My mom was a waitress, a secretary, a paralegal — she worked seven days a week . . .” Yet, while Newsom’s


parents divorced in 1971, we hear little of Newsom’s father and his connections. Gavin Newsom was born


in San Francisco in October 1967, just a few months after the Haight-Ashbury district


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Today’s Democratic Party is overrun with nepotism babies — “nepo babies,” for short — privileged offspring who ride family connections to fame and fortune while pretending it’s all merit.


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MOTHER AND NEWSOM WITH PELOSI/GAVIN NEWSOM/FACEBOOK


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