Gavin Newsom's Claim About CA Being a Free State Blows Up in His Face

California Gov. Gavin Newsom doesn’t like it when you trash his state. The blue bastion has become one of the states whose residents are most likely to flee due to the state's burdensome taxes and hyper-regulatory nature. Comedian Bill Maher remarked about the red tape on his show, mentioning the painfully slow process it took to get a permit to build his solar shed, which looked no bigger than an ordinary Porta Potty. Newsom either doesn’t know this or doesn’t care because he embarrassed himself at the California Democratic Party’s Re-Organizing State Convention, where he was joined by Nancy Pelosi, Ted Lieu, and other communists.

Newsom had the stones to say, “This is the free state of California!…Eat your heart out Florida and Texas!”

He was promptly roasted for this patently false remark. Also, has he forgotten that his state banned books?

“This is the free state of CALIFORNIA!

Eat your heart out Florida and Texas!”

-Governor @GavinNewsom pic.twitter.com/GptLZdOAwR
— California Democratic Party (@CA_Dem) May 27, 2023

Governor Gavin Newsom has a lot to say about Florida and Target. But his state is flailing. Why not focus there?

-1/2 million people have left CA in the past 2 years

-CA ranks 49/50 states in unemployment

-CA has one of slowest economic recoveries overall post Covid

-CA is… pic.twitter.com/G9c5Lg2HuP
— Jennifer Sey (@JenniferSey) May 28, 2023

1/2 million and two. My son and I left California today. #GavinDidThat @GavinNewsom https://t.co/mfT7sTW5Ci
— Dean Cain (@RealDeanCain) May 28, 2023

I grew up in California. My Dad was raised in San Francisco, my Mom in Richmond, CA. We were proud Californians. Now, it’s just sad. Taxes are being misspent, and @GavinNewsom is a joke. https://t.co/OQJ59iUHdY
— Michele Tafoya (@Michele_Tafoya) May 28, 2023

Again, Gavin Newsom signed legislation redirecting the ability of doctors to speak freely with patients, he closed schools for longer than virtually any other governor, and repeatedly imposed mask and vaccine mandates

This is just completely delusional, anti-reality messaging https://t.co/iG51MQTj9T
— Ian Miller (@ianmSC) May 28, 2023

What are so many Californians fleeing the “free state of California” for Florida and Texas?
— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) May 28, 2023

Under @GavinNewsom, California lost population for the first time in the state’s history. Meanwhile, Florida is the fastest growing state in the nation.

People don’t flee freedom. They run towards it. https://t.co/chDebaegwb
— Jeremy Redfern (@JeremyRedfernFL) May 28, 2023

California, where we have the freedom to have empty schools, abandoned cities, no homeowner's insurance, and elderly-abusing Senate staff

Taste the freedom! https://t.co/JEzTo2BGmm pic.twitter.com/eEsPZxQBJr
— Chris (@chriswithans) May 28, 2023