{"id":2572718,"date":"2026-02-23T16:56:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gavin-newsom-is-the-new-joe-biden-inarticulate-and-lowkey-racist\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T16:58:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:58:52","slug":"gavin-newsom-is-the-new-joe-biden-inarticulate-and-lowkey-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gavin-newsom-is-the-new-joe-biden-inarticulate-and-lowkey-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Newsom Is The New Joe Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Fgavin-newsom-is-the-new-joe-biden-inarticulate-and-lowkey-racist%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=2572718&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 Federalist argues that California Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s remarks to Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens\u2014saying he is \u201clike you\u201d and joking that he \u201ccannot read a speech\u201d while noting a 960 SAT score\u2014unintentionally or not cast a stereotype about Black peopel and drew swift backlash from critics. The author contends Newsom\u2019s defence that the comments reflect a lifelong struggle with dyslexia is undermined by prior posts showing him reading banned books and claiming to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >read long works quickly<\/a>, suggesting the remark was not purely about dyslexia. the piece asserts that, had a Republican made similar statements, they would face accusations of racism, drawing parallels to Trump\u2019s Charlottesville comments and how Biden\u2019s gaffes and cognitive remarks have been framed differently by the media. It claims the media and many Democrats excuse or downplay similar missteps by their own side, presenting a double standard in coverage and accountability. The article concludes by highlighting perceived media bias in favor of Democrats while condemning Republicans, and it notes Brianna Lyman\u2019s background as the author.  <\/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<div>\n<p>California Gov. Gavin Newsom attempted to relate to the black mayor of Atlanta, Andre Dickens, by saying he was &ldquo;just like&rdquo; him because he &ldquo;cannot read a speech&rdquo; and scored a 960 on the SAT.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Dickens during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bernie-sanders-selling-95-tickets-for-its-okay-to-be-angry-about-capitalism-event\/\" title=\"Bernie Sanders Selling  Tickets For \u2018It\u2019s Okay To Be Angry About Capitalism\u2019 Event\">book tour event<\/a> on Sunday, Newsom said: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not, you know, I&rsquo;m not trying to impress you, I&rsquo;m just trying to impress upon you, I&rsquo;m like you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m no better than you,&rdquo; Newsom continued. &ldquo;You know, I&rsquo;m a 960 SAT guy. And, you know, and I&rsquo;m not trying to offend anyone, you know, trying to act all there if you got 940. But literally a 960 SAT guy. I cannot &mdash; you&rsquo;ve never seen me read a speech. Because I cannot read a speech. Maybe the wrong business to be in.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The implication &mdash; whether intentional or not &mdash; was impossible to ignore. Newsom framed poor intellectual performance as a shared trait with a black mayor while in a city with a near 50 percent black population.<\/p>\n<p>His comments drew immediate backlash, with rapper Nicki Minaj <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NICKIMINAJ\/status\/2025832624430678418?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posting<\/a>: &ldquo;His way of bonding with black ppl is to tell them how stupid he is &amp; that he can&rsquo;t read.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Senator Ted Cruz <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tedcruz\/status\/2025802434036081116?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted<\/a>: &ldquo;The soft bigotry of low expectations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When Fox News&rsquo; Sean Hannity criticized Newsom&rsquo;s comments, Newsom <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gavinnewsom\/status\/2025944365114290457\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lashed<\/a> out with profanity: &ldquo;You didn&rsquo;t give a sh-t about the President of the United States of America posting an ape video of President Obama or calling African nations sh-tholes &mdash; but you&rsquo;re going to call me racist for talking about my lifelong struggle with dyslexia? Spare me your fake f-cking outrage, Sean.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But notably, his excuse collapses under scrutiny. In 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GavinNewsom\/status\/1509340205349847045?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Newsom posted<\/a> a photo of himself &ldquo;reading some banned books,&rdquo; undermining his claim that his comments about not being able to read were literal and relevant to dyslexia. In another instance, Newsom apparently claimed he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LauraPowellEsq\/status\/2025982675262251387?s=20\">read<\/a> a book of more than 300 pages in less than two hours.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>If a Republican had said what Newsom said, the verdict would already be in. Recall the &ldquo;very fine people on both sides&rdquo; hoax. Responding to a 2017 Charlottesville rally in which neo-Nazis and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-kamala-harris-gets-desperate-looks-stupid-after-attacking-trump-over-something-already-debunked\/\" title=\"Watch: Kamala Harris Gets Desperate, Looks Stupid After Attacking Trump Over Something Al...y Debunked\">white supremacists clashed<\/a> with protesters, President Donald Trump said that people should realize that there were &ldquo;very fine people, on both sides&rdquo; before immediately making clear that he was &ldquo;not talking about the neo-Nazis and the white nationalists, because they should be condemned totally.&rdquo; Despite the clear comments, the propaganda press twisted the president&rsquo;s comments and issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/02\/19\/ed-okeefes-trump-derangement-is-so-bad-even-the-white-house-press-corps-is-laughing-at-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">verdict<\/a> of racism.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, media are ignoring Newsom&rsquo;s comments or explaining them away &mdash; because he is a Democrat. <\/p>\n<p>The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ignored Newsom&rsquo;s comments in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/politics\/2026\/02\/in-georgia-gavin-newsom-urges-democrats-to-fight-fire-with-fire\/\">piece entitled<\/a> &ldquo;In Georgia, Gavin Newsom urges Democrats to fight &lsquo;fire with fire.&rsquo;&rdquo; The Daily Beast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/newsom-hits-trump-brutal-insult-094626869.html\">chose to focus<\/a> on Newsom hitting &ldquo;Trump with brutal new insult over Kennedy Center.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Others explained Newsom&rsquo;s comments away. BET News host Marc Lamont Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/marclamonthill\/status\/2026000303464558729?s=20\">posted<\/a>: &ldquo;There are so many legitimate reasons to dislike Gavin Newsom. But don&rsquo;t fall for fake news. Newsom was talking to a room full of white people. He never mentioned Black people. He was talking about his dyslexia. And he made the same exact comment to a white interviewer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lamont seemingly ignores that Newsom was talking to the black mayor and said he was &ldquo;just like&rdquo; him before saying he couldn&rsquo;t read speeches and scored low on the SAT.<\/p>\n<p>CNN&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Bakari_Sellers\/status\/2025968546585497697?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bakari Sellers<\/a> rushed to announce that Newsom is &ldquo;the furthest thing from a racist.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;His remarks show a blindness and were inartful. But leave it there. Donald Trump is racist. Gavin is not,&rdquo; Sellers said.<\/p>\n<p>The reflexive &ldquo;blame Trump while ignoring Democrats&rsquo; derogatory comments and miscues&rdquo; approach is the same strategy Democrats have relied on for years, most notably with Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Biden perfected the art of saying offensive, racially charged, or incoherent things &mdash; only to have them ignored entirely or dismissed as stutters and gaffes. Biden was able to hide behind his stutter to excuse behavior, for example, that would have sparked visceral backlash for any other candidate. Take Clarence Page&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/bgdailynews.com\/2019\/12\/02\/are-bidens-gaffes-tied-to-stuttering-i-know-the-feeling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article<\/a> from Bowling Green Daily News in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now that the 77-year-old former vice president is running for president, many people understandably are asking whether his notorious gaffes, bloopers and stumbles are related to his age,&rdquo; Page wrote, referring to the obvious cognitive decline Biden was experiencing. &ldquo;Maybe the voters who worry about his mental fitness would be more understanding &hellip; if they knew he&rsquo;s still fighting a stutter,&rdquo; Page added, summarizing the argument of The Atlantic&rsquo;s John Hendrickson.<\/p>\n<p>By 2024, outlets like The Giro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/break-black-democrats-sound-off-185443042.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that black Democrats didn&rsquo;t care to focus on Biden&rsquo;s &ldquo;stutter&rdquo; or a &ldquo;gaffe&rdquo; because saving &ldquo;democracy&rdquo; was more important. And it appears the propaganda press had been following that playbook for the better part of four years until Biden&rsquo;s cognitive decline became so apparent during the disastrous 2024 presidential debate that it was no longer politically expedient to ignore it.<\/p>\n<p>And, just like Newsom, Biden&rsquo;s problem was never <em>just<\/em> his &ldquo;disability acting up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It was also the content of what he was saying. <\/p>\n<p>In 1977, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/joe-biden-worried-1977-certain-182631643.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">opposed<\/a> forced busing to desegregate schools because he didn&rsquo;t want his children to &ldquo;grow up in a racial jungle.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Decades later, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/national\/obama-legacy\/obama-biden-friendship.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">heralded<\/a> then-candidate Barack Obama for being &ldquo;the first mainstream African American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy.&rdquo; Rather than accuse Biden of racism, The Washington Post would later characterize those comments as &ldquo;Biden fumbl[ing] his way through that backhanded compliment and walk[ing] into a racial quagmire.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Years after that, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/world\/fact-checkrobert-byrdeulogized-by-joe-bidenat-funeralwas-notkkkgrandwi-idUSKBN26S2E4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">eulogized<\/a> Robert Byrd, a former organizer and member of the KKK. Byrd, according to Reuters, was the &ldquo;top officer in the local klan.&rdquo; Byrd later apologized for his involvement in the KKK, but that doesn&rsquo;t excuse Biden eulogizing him.<\/p>\n<p>Biden claimed in 2019 that &ldquo;poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids.&rdquo; Biden&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2020-election\/biden-says-poor-kids-are-just-bright-just-talented-white-n1040686\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">team came out<\/a> and simply attributed the statement to a gaffe.<\/p>\n<p>One year later, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/05\/22\/joe-biden-breakfast-club-interview-274490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> black people who don&rsquo;t vote for him aren&rsquo;t really black while appearing on <em>The Breakfast Club<\/em>. &ldquo;If you have a problem figuring out whether you&rsquo;re for me or Trump, then you ain&rsquo;t black,&rdquo; Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>That same year, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1291372564124762112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1291372564124762112%7Ctwgr%5Eb35594def66f804ffd3ee12b0e51baf32309fb5d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthefederalist.com%2F2020%2F08%2F07%2Fhow-long-can-the-media-cover-for-bidens-racial-gaffes%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suggested<\/a> to a group of black and Hispanic journalists that &ldquo;unlike the African community, with notable exceptions, the Latino community is an incredibly diverse community with incredibly different attitudes about different things.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Despite all these statements, the media and Democrat politicians never decried Biden as an irredeemable racist &mdash; the same way they won&rsquo;t call Newsom a racist.<\/p>\n<p>Whether Newsom&rsquo;s comments were intentionally racist is almost beside the point. By the standards the media routinely apply to the right, they absolutely qualify. <\/p>\n<p>Yet Newsom, like the rest of his party, is able to say these types of things because he knows the corporate media will accept any excuse from Democrats &mdash; while they eagerly denounce Republicans as racist based on the barest pretext.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. Follow Brianna on X: @briannalyman2<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newsom says he&#8217;s like Dickens: dyslexia, 960 SAT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2572719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-23-at-2.37.18-PM-scaled-e1771875680300.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[70933,72630,74400,70303],"class_list":["post-2572718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-california-politics-2","tag-gavin-newsom-2","tag-joe-biden-2","tag-political-analysis-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-23-at-2.37.18-PM-scaled-e1771875680300.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572718","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\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2572718"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2572722,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572718\/revisions\/2572722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2572719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2572718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2572718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2572718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}