{"id":2562633,"date":"2026-02-02T18:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:51:00","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-13\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T18:52:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:52:51","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-13","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-13\/","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-13%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=2562633&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>An opinion piece in the Western Journal portrays California Gov. Gavin Newsom as a master of performative politics who lies with ease,suggesting his public statements are more about image than governance. It cites Melanie Mason\u2019s Politico review of Newsom\u2019s forthcoming memoir, Young Man in a Hurry, in which his mother tells him it\u2019s okay to be average and he is deeply affected by the remark. The author argues Newsom focuses more on personal history and status than on policy, conveying that he may be driven by a desire to be elite rather than to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >achieve real accomplishments<\/a>.the piece describes his public performances\u2014such as Davos appearances and criticisms of Trump\u2014as designed for domestic audiences and not genuine diplomacy. It further claims Newsom could be aiming for the 2028 Democratic nomination, arguing the party\u2019s emphasis on identity politics and perceived falsehoods makes him an attractive figure for some, and it cites an alleged on-camera lie about having Biden on the line during wildfires as evidence. The essay closes by invoking C.S. Lewis to suggest not all of Newsom\u2019s words should be trusted, concluding that, his persona feels like a lie.  <\/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 <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-2\/\" 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\">dismal academic performance<\/a>.<\/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 his upcoming memoir in which Newsom recalls being crushed by his mother\u2019s remark that it\u2019s okay to be average, using that moment to suggest he dislikes being seen as merely average and may have always sought elite status rather than genuine achievement. The piece argues Newsom\u2019s public persona is highly performative, pointing to an incident in Davos where he chastised Europeans about Trump without offering real alternatives, implying the comments were aimed at domestic audiences. It suggests Newsom believes his anti-Trump stance could make him a strong 2028 Democratic front-runner, given a Democratic Party it accuses of prioritizing identity-based quotas and rhetorical truth over merit. The article also notes on-camera dishonesty, such as a claimed moment during California wildfires when Newsom supposedly lied about speaking with President Biden, and it weaves in a CS Lewis reference to argue that the \u201cdevil\u2019s lies\u201d can inhabit even public figures. Ultimately, it asks whether Newsom\u2019s objections to being called \u201caverage\u201d are sincere ambition or a tactical pose, concluding that, regardless of motive, his public persona feels in large part like a lie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2562634,"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":[3881,32742,5894,13436],"class_list":["post-2562633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-family","tag-gavin-newsom","tag-politics","tag-quote"],"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\/2562633","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=2562633"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2562638,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562633\/revisions\/2562638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2562634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2562633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2562633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2562633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}