Gavin Newsom decided to take his PR campaign to national television on Sunday, and the results were a major disaster with notable word salads, wild gestures, and more.
As The Daily Mail reported, NBC News Correspondent Jacob Soboroff traveled to Altadena, a census-designated place in the San Gabriel Valley in California which has been tormented by the Eaton Fire, to meet with the disgraced governor.
Throughout the interview, The Mail noted Newsom appeared defensive as he often clapped and made several other glaring gestures that caught the attention of viewers as he attempted to spin his way out of his disastrous leadership. He looked more like an agitated Bernie Sanders than the calm, measured leader California needs.
During one sequence, he showed he had no clue why the reservoirs in the Pacific Palisades were left completely empty. One of them, The Santa Ynez Reservoir, has a capacity of 117 million gallons and could have played a critical role in stopping the fires as The Gateway Pundit reported.
“Was it pipes? Was it electricity? It was a combination of pipes, electricities, and pumps,” Newsom asked as he rocked and threw up his hands.
“Was that drawdown impossible because you lost seven-plus thousand structures right here anyway and every single structure we lost had a pipe that was leaking, and we would’ve lost that water pressure anyway?”
Seeing Newsom’s mannerisms caused many Americans to wonder what was wrong with him.
Gavin Newsom is on meet the press right now. Is he on speed or what? Come on, dude, calm down with the hand gestures.
— Kned61 (@kned61) January 12, 2025
Gavin Newsom is on meet the press right now. Is he on speed or what? Come on, dude, calm down with the hand gestures.
— Kned61 (@kned61) January 12, 2025
Watching Gavin Newsome his body language and speech suggests he is overwhelmed. The most telling statement is California Leads The Nation in Environmental Laws (sic). Californians love this PR but are living the results. Newsome is a failed leader. Time for change.
— Middle Ground US Citizen (@GregDellinger6) January 12, 2025
His physical gestures are over the top and distracting.
— DRM (@DanoLeeRM) January 12, 2025
Newsom then got caught in falsehood when he asserted the reservoirs in Southern California were completely full. Was he spending a little too much time with Joe Biden?
GAVIN NEWSOM: All of our reservoirs here in southern California are full.
REPORTER: One of them was actually not full – the one that serves the Palisdes [which is on fire].
NEWSOM: That’s why I asked for an investigation.pic.twitter.com/R8pZ2ruARX
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 12, 2025
During the interview, Newsom also lied when asked if he was passing the blame to other individuals.
“How could it be when we just want an adjudication of the facts?” he responded. “It’s about asking the questions you and everyone else want answered.
“And I think there is a propensity to wait to answer those questions and people want immediacy.”
He then responded with a Kamala Harris-style word salad when Soboroff asked if the buck stopped with him.
“I mean, you’re the governor of California, you (unintelligible) the mayor of California. We’re all better off, we’re all better off, we’re all better off, and working together to take care of people.”
Clear as mud.
WATCH:
NEW: Nero Newsom again says he wants answers.
He’s then asked if the buck stops with him as the Governor of California.
He responds with word salad. pic.twitter.com/qTkBmaWRRk
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) January 12, 2025
Newsom then went on to trash President Trump again for daring to criticize his lack of leadership.
“Responding to Donald Trump’s insults, we would spend another month,” he whined. “I’m very familiar with them. Every elected official that he disagrees with is very familiar with them.”
“He’s somehow connecting the delta smelt to this fire, which is inexcusable because it’s inaccurate. Also, incomprehensible to anyone that understands water policy in the state.”
But he did PRAISE Joe Biden for his AWOL ‘leadership.’
“We had support from the President…100% reimbursement; all of the resources you could hope for and imagine,” Newsom stated.
California Governor @GavinNewsom slams Donald Trump’s “inexcusable” wildfire claims on NBC’s Meet the Press.https://t.co/FKvdBh7Gha pic.twitter.com/bBjDUpMiWc
— Sky News (@SkyNews) January 12, 2025
What a joke and disaster this man is. The people of California deserve better.
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