{"id":1259938,"date":"2022-01-31T23:07:35","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T04:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1259938"},"modified":"2022-01-31T23:07:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T04:07:39","slug":"video-pics-show-gavin-newsom-maskless-for-far-more-than-a-brief-second","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-pics-show-gavin-newsom-maskless-for-far-more-than-a-brief-second\/","title":{"rendered":"Video, Pics Show Gavin Newsom Maskless for Far More than a &#039;Brief Second&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvideo-pics-show-gavin-newsom-maskless-for-far-more-than-a-brief-second%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1259938&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1344305450-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom explained away the viral photo of him posing maskless alongside basketball star Magic Johnson, saying that he was just \u201ctrying to be gracious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with reporters on Monday, Newsom said that he kept his mask on throughout his time at the NFC Championship game on Sunday and that he only removed his mask for a photo with Laker legend Magic Johnson when he asked for one.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI was very judicious yesterday, very judicious,\u201d said Newsom. \u201cAnd you\u2019ll see the photo that I did take where Magic was kind enough, generous enough to ask me for a photograph, and in my left hand is a mask, and I took a photo. The rest of the time, I wore it as we all should. Not when I had a glass of water. I encourage everyone else to do so. And that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked if perhaps he should have been more thoughtful about how the photo could be perceived, Newsom said he was just trying to be gracious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was trying to be gracious, and I made a mist\u2014you know, I mean I was trying to be gracious and took the mask off for a brief second. But no, I encourage people to continue to wear them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">California Democrat Gov. Newsom doesn&#8217;t apologize for violating his OWN indoor mask mandate:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was trying to be gracious and I made a mist\u2014you know, I mean I was trying to be gracious and took the mask off for a brief second. But no, I encourage people to continue to wear them&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yTEy5l7Eqg\">pic.twitter.com\/yTEy5l7Eqg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1488248276268814346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While Newsom claims that he was \u201cjudicious\u201d about wearing his mask throughout the day, photos and videos circulating online showed a different picture. It should also be noted that in the image of him and Magic Johnson, the people around them were also maskless.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">While 5 year olds are forced to mask all day in California, Gavin Newsom and the mayors of LA and San Francisco are enjoying packed events maskless <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dDTLOHaBpo\">pic.twitter.com\/dDTLOHaBpo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1488011633934802954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It also appears, in this video shared by Outkick\u2019s Clay Travis, that Newsom had his mask off as he approached Johnson, not just for a \u201cbrief second\u201d before taking a picture.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">California governor Gavin Newsom said he only took his mask off for a \u201cbrief second\u201d for a photo at 49ers-Rams. Here he is on live TV during the game without his mask on. Liars gonna lie: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AiQOcb740y\">pic.twitter.com\/AiQOcb740y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1488262587284394003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>In this picture, shared by journalist Emily Hoeven, Newsom is, again, maskless.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This FanCam still of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GavinNewsom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GavinNewsom<\/a> is now making rounds on the Twittersphere \u2014 earlier today the governor said he only took his mask off at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFCChampionship?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFCChampionship<\/a> for a &#8220;brief second&#8221; to take a picture with Magic Johnson, and then later while drinking water. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hwmbs2qrrm\">https:\/\/t.co\/hwmbs2qrrm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3JDwSlhO4Q\">pic.twitter.com\/3JDwSlhO4Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emily Hoeven (@emily_hoeven) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emily_hoeven\/status\/1488270239989055491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GavinNewsom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GavinNewsom<\/a> is lying. He&#8217;s in photos and on video with no mask on the entire game, walking up to Johnson and shaking his hand while maskless with no food or drink. Stop. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JaPD06iqyH\">https:\/\/t.co\/JaPD06iqyH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DLoesch\/status\/1488255108769058817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gavin Newsom is so afraid of crossing the public health blob that he would rather lie (I only removed my mask in one instance to take a pic with Magic!) than go with, &#8220;You know what, I&#8217;m vaxxed + boosted and didn&#8217;t want to wear one, this is part of the endemic shift&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>just wild <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LuU4OCZAqW\">pic.twitter.com\/LuU4OCZAqW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Ting (@_ericting) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_ericting\/status\/1488275285485101057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TV cameras captured a maskless California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom hugging Magic Johnson last night in violation of his own mask mandate.<\/p>\n<p>The video contradicts Newsom&#8217;s assertion today that he only removed his mask &#8220;for a brief second&#8221; when he &#8220;took a photo.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kTOjBOlT0F\">pic.twitter.com\/kTOjBOlT0F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1488253860477083651?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>During the fall of 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom kept restaurants from serving food indoors and at full capacity, a rule that prompted cries of hypocrisy after photos leaked of him attending an in-person dinner at Napa\u2019s luxurious French Laundry restaurant. Award-winning journalist Adam Housley \u2014 a previous Emmy, AP, and RTNDA recipient \u2014 claimed that the maskless dinner had 22 guests and ran up a bar bill of over $15k.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Yountville is my hometown..and where the French Laundry is located\u2026I thought I\u2019d do some digging. Facts about the Newsom dinner. The bar bill was around 15-thousand. 22 people in attendance, not 12. No masks. All indoors. They got so loud, other patrons complained,\u201d Housley tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was \u2018zero effort\u2019 to go outside, and there was no social distancing of any type. I\u2019m also told some of those there are now privately laughing at the controversy. Remember this is my little hometown. The walls speak,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom apologized for the optics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of sitting down, I should have stood up and walked back, got in my car, and drove back to my house,\u201d Newsom said, adding that \u201cwe\u2019re all human.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1\/2 Because Yountville is my hometown..and where the French Laundry is located\u2026I thought I\u2019d do some digging. Facts about the Newsom dinner. The bar bill was around 15-thousand. 22 people in attendance, not 12. No masks. All indoors. They got so loud, other patrons complained<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Housley (@adamhousley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adamhousley\/status\/1330993541267394560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2\/2 There was \u201czero effort\u201d to go outside and there was no social distancing of any type. I\u2019m also told some of those there are now privately laughing at the controversy. Remember this is my little hometown. The walls speak.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Housley (@adamhousley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adamhousley\/status\/1330993542869573633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat California Gov. 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