Gavin Newsom Blames Conservatives, Right-Wing Media For Noticing California’s Dysfunction On His Watch

Video footage shows California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom appearing to blame Republicans and conservative media for the state’s failures during his “State of the State” address on Tuesday.

While addressing the state, Newsom discussed the problems facing residents living in areas governed by Democrats. “You hear wall-to-wall, right-wing media coverage about lawless blue cities and blue states,” he said, according to video footage circulating on social media. “In fact, California’s violent crime rate is about half of what it was in the 1990s.”

The governor continued, claiming that California’s “values and our way of life are the antidote to the poisonous populism on the right and the fear and anxiety that so many people are feeling today.”

Gavin Newsom opens the State of the State by blaming Conservatives and California bashers for the state's failures pic.twitter.com/ruVLaHzVDp

— BAY AREA STATE OF MIND (@YayAreaNews) June 25, 2024

"The homelessness, stabbings, schools, robberies, assaults, auto theft, murders, traffic, and infrastructure aren't the problem with California, "Right -wing media" pointing out the homelessness, stabbings, schools, robberies, assaults, auto theft, murders, traffic, and… pic.twitter.com/2qU1D5OS9x

— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) June 25, 2024