{"id":2562439,"date":"2026-02-02T15:28:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-reveals-the-cruelest-thing-ever-said-about-him-it-was-from-his-mom-its-priceless-and-he-doesnt-realize-how-bizarre-his-response-seems-to-normal-people-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T15:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:31:07","slug":"newsom-reveals-the-cruelest-thing-ever-said-about-him-it-was-from-his-mom-its-priceless-and-he-doesnt-realize-how-bizarre-his-response-seems-to-normal-people-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-reveals-the-cruelest-thing-ever-said-about-him-it-was-from-his-mom-its-priceless-and-he-doesnt-realize-how-bizarre-his-response-seems-to-normal-people-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom Reveals the Cruelest Thing Ever Said About Him &#8211; It Was From His Mom, It&#8217;s Priceless, and He Doesn&#8217;t Realize How Bizarre His Response Seems to Normal People"},"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\">58<\/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%2Fnewsom-reveals-the-cruelest-thing-ever-said-about-him-it-was-from-his-mom-its-priceless-and-he-doesnt-realize-how-bizarre-his-response-seems-to-normal-people-2%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=2562439&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--><p>The article portrays California Governor Gavin Newsom as a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >highly performative political figure<\/a> whose public behavior and statements are more about image than substance. It draws on Melanie Mason\u2019s review of Newsom\u2019s forthcoming memoir, highlighting an episode where Newsom was hurt by his mother\u2019s remark that it\u2019s okay to be average, suggesting an aversion to anything short of elite status. The piece argues that newsom focuses more on his personal history than on governing ambitions or concrete achievements, and that he frequently enough acts as if he is playing a role rather than pursuing genuine reforms.<\/p>\n<p>It contends that his public persona\u2014exemplified by appearances at events like Davos and strategic criticisms of opponents\u2014serves a performative purpose designed for his base back home. The narrative further suggests Newsom could become a leading Democratic candidate in 2028, given a party that the piece characterizes as prioritizing identity politics and political rhetoric over merit. It also claims he has shown a willingness to bend or obscure the truth, citing a controversial moment during the California wildfires when he allegedly misrepresented a phone call with president Biden.<\/p>\n<p>The piece invokes literary analogies, including a comparison to C.S.Lewis\u2019s Screwtape Letters, to argue that not everything a public figure says should be taken at face value. It concludes that evaluating newsom\u2019s words and actions is inherently challenging because his public life resembles a continuous performance aimed at maintaining power and relevance rather than presenting transparent governance.<\/p>\n<p>the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/economist-rejects-uighur-genocide-determination\/\" title=\"\u2018Economist... Rejects Uighur Genocide Determination\">article argues<\/a> that Newsom\u2019s public image functions as a nearly constant act of deception or self-promotion, complicating any effort to discern the real person behind the rhetoric.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California tells lies with more shamelessness and ease than perhaps anyone in modern politics.<\/p>\n<p>That, of course, requires us to assume that most of what Newsom says or does qualifies as performance. And that makes the true Newsom impossible to discover, for most people do not think or behave as he does.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, in a review of Newsom&rsquo;s forthcoming memoir, &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Young-Man-Hurry-Memoir-Discovery\/dp\/1984881930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Young Man in a Hurry<\/a>,&rdquo; Melanie Mason of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/02\/01\/gavin-newsom-new-memoir-00758565?is_magic_link=true&amp;experience_id=EXYF89KVT5UQ&amp;template_id=OTJIR2CRKUD6&amp;template_variant_id=OTVPVBAUA2YMK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a> revealed that the future governor once bristled when his mother tried to reassure him about his learning disability and dismal academic performance.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s okay to be average, Gavin,&rdquo; she told him.<\/p>\n<p>The future California governor was crushed at the comment, which was meant to be a consolation, Mason wrote. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t recall crueler words ever said about me,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>One can scarcely imagine a more revealing line, though not for the reason <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-scott-bessent-unleashes-gavin-newsom-davos-gives-painful-new-nickname\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsom<\/a> might think.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mason, the governor &ldquo;spends more time unpacking his personal history than laying out a governing manifesto.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Yet that personal history, at least by Mason&rsquo;s account, includes nothing that would suggest ambition in the best sense. The reviewer provided no hint of any great achievements and no evidence that Newsom ever sought them. Instead, one senses that he just always wanted to <em>be elite<\/em>. Hence, his objection to the word &ldquo;average.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Status, power, and pleasure aside, Newsom comes across as a man who never really pursued anything. Indeed, he merely plays the role of a man driven to do great things.<\/p>\n<p>And that brings us back to the performative nature of everything he says and does in public.<\/p>\n<p>Recall, for instance, last month in Davos, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gavin-newsom-freaks-arriving-davos-hearing-world-leaders-saying-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsom<\/a> harangued Europeans over their diplomacy with President Donald Trump. Confused reporters pressed the governor for alternatives, but he had none. Like a Trump-hating automaton, he merely bashed the president before a puzzled foreign audience.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, he delivered a performance for the people back home.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom knows, of course, that his Trump Derangement Syndrome will make him a 2028 Democratic presidential front-runner. After all, the modern Democratic Party has abandoned merit in favor of identity-based quotas and truth in favor of lies. That makes Newsom their ideal standard-bearer.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of lies, the governor has shown &mdash; on camera &mdash; that he feels no shame while engaged in obvious dishonesty.<\/p>\n<p>Who, for instance, can forget that moment in January 2025 when, during the California wildfires, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wildfire-victim-catches-gavin-newsom-off-guard-raises-pressure-first-question-staggers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsom<\/a>, caught off guard by one of his constituents, lied about having then-President Joe Biden on the phone with him that very moment? If Newsom does secure the 2028 Democratic nomination, then the Republican nominee should run that video as a campaign ad.<\/p>\n<p>And that brings us back to the problem of evaluating anything Newsom says or does.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Readers are advised to remember that the devil is a liar,&rdquo; legendary Christian author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/screwtape-proposes-toast-c-s-lewis-believed-demons-love-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">C.S. Lewis<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/in.ernet.dli.2015.86985\/page\/n11\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> in the preface to his satirical classic, &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Screwtape-Letters-C-S-Lewis\/dp\/0060652934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Screwtape Letters<\/a>,&rdquo; which features an imaginary correspondence between Screwtape, a senior devil with an administrative position in hell, and his nephew Wormwood, a novice tempter.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Not everything that Screwtape says should be assumed to be true even from his own angle,&rdquo; Lewis added.<\/p>\n<p>Therein lies the precise problem with Newsom.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, we cannot and would not&nbsp;<em>equate&nbsp;<\/em>the California governor with a demon. But the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-reveals-the-cruelest-thing-ever-said-about-him-it-was-from-his-mom-its-priceless-and-he-doesnt-realize-how-bizarre-his-response-seems-to-normal-people\/\" title=\"Newsom Reveals the Cruelest Thing Ever Said About Him - It Was From His Mom, It&#039;s Priceless, and He Doesn&#039;t Realize How Bizarre His Response Seems to Normal People\">demonic spirit lives inside<\/a> everyone who lies with such skill and ease.<\/p>\n<p>Did Newsom sincerely object to his mother calling him &ldquo;average&rdquo;? Or does he simply now believe that people with real ambitions and achievements outside of politics would react that way, and so he should, too?<\/p>\n<p>Either way, much like the party he represents, everything about Newsom feels like a lie.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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It cites a Politico review of Newsom\u2019s coming memoir in which a youthful remark from his mother\u2014that it\u2019s okay to be average\u2014reportedly traumatized him, suggesting he resents being seen as average and is driven by a desire for elite status rather than genuine achievement. The author argues Newsom\u2019s life has been more about projecting grand ambitions than pursuing them, and that he often acts as if he\u2019s performing for an audience. An example given is Newsom\u2019s Davos speech blasting Trump\u2019s diplomacy without offering real alternatives, a performance intended for viewers back home. The piece suggests Newsom believes anti-Trump sentiment will help him become the 2028 Democratic nominee, accusing the modern Democratic Party of prioritizing identity-based considerations over merit and truth. It also alleges on-camera dishonesty, such as a claim about Biden being on the line during California wildfires, as further evidence of deceit. The author invokes C.S. Lewis to frame the problem: not every statement from a deceitful figure should be trusted, and while Newsom isn\u2019t literally a demon, the text argues that the \u201cdemonic\u201d tendency to lie with skill is alive in him. Ultimately, it questions whether Newsom objected to being called average out of genuine principle or simply because he now believes ambitious people must lie or perform; the overall claim is that his public persona feels dishonest and like a lie, reflecting the broader critique of his party<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2562440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gavin-Newsom-Cruelest-Thing.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50410,3881,72630,5894,5244],"class_list":["post-2562439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-controversy-2","tag-family","tag-gavin-newsom-2","tag-politics","tag-quotes"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gavin-Newsom-Cruelest-Thing.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2562439"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2562443,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562439\/revisions\/2562443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2562440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2562439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2562439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2562439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}