{"id":2580816,"date":"2026-03-17T11:04:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-furious-trump-said-newsoms-learning-disability-should-prevent-him-from-becoming-president-but-hes-right\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T11:08:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:08:30","slug":"left-furious-trump-said-newsoms-learning-disability-should-prevent-him-from-becoming-president-but-hes-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-furious-trump-said-newsoms-learning-disability-should-prevent-him-from-becoming-president-but-hes-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Left Furious Trump Said Newsom&#8217;s Learning Disability Should Prevent Him From Becoming President &#8212; But He&#8217;s Right"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fleft-furious-trump-said-newsoms-learning-disability-should-prevent-him-from-becoming-president-but-hes-right%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=2580816&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>This article examines the controversy surrounding California Governor Gavin Newsom\u2019s public discussion of his dyslexia and the reaction it provoked when President Donald Trump criticized him. It recalls Newsom telling a Black audience that he \u201ccan\u2019t read a speech,\u201d which Trump seized on, calling Newsom a \u201clow-IQ person\u201d and alleging he has learning disabilities. The piece frames thes remarks as a flashpoint in a broader debate about whether a presidential candidate\u2019s reading ability and cognitive traits should factor into evaluating their qualifications.<\/p>\n<p>Key elements include:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Recounting Newsom\u2019s admission about dyslexia and the media and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-dems-balk-at-passing-major-gun-control-reforms-ahead-of-election\/\" title=\"Virginia Dems Balk at Passing Major Gun-Control Reforms Ahead of Election\u00a0\">political backlash<\/a> that followed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Trump\u2019s inflammatory responses and the portrayal of Newsom as unfit for the presidency due to his claimed learning difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Reactions on social media from groups such as End Wokeness and Crooked Media, which mocked Trump\u2019s remarks while others argued that acknowledging dyslexia should not be disparaged.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The article\u2019s stance that telling someone they cannot lead as of dyslexia is not a strength in the context of the presidency, and that Newsom\u2019s policy record as California governor (described here as fiscally profligate with ongoing problems) is a separate, critically important credential issue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A critique of the left\u2019s outrage as misplaced or hypocritical, arguing that the ability to absorb and respond to complex information is crucial for the leader of the free world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The piece also includes contextual media elements and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >promotional content typical<\/a> of The Western Journal.<\/p>\n<p>the piece argues that Newsom\u2019s self-described dyslexia is a legitimate factor to consider in evaluating his suitability for the presidency, and it portrays Trump\u2019s comments as pointed but reflective of a substantive concern about leadership in high-stakes national roles.  <\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>To every blind person: Don&rsquo;t let anyone &mdash; not even the head of the Federal Aviation Administration &mdash; tell you that you can&rsquo;t pilot a commercial jet.<\/p>\n<p>To every married atheist: Don&rsquo;t let anyone &mdash; not even the pope &mdash; tell you that you can&rsquo;t become a priest.<\/p>\n<p>To every person without legs: Don&rsquo;t let anyone &mdash; not even the ghost of Vince Lombardi &mdash; tell you that you can&rsquo;t become a kicker in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>If those musings all sound stupid to you, well, that&rsquo;s because they&nbsp;<em>should<\/em>. They&nbsp;<em>are<\/em> stupid. But don&rsquo;t tell that to California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the left, who are having a hissy fit that President Donald Trump pointed out someone who claims to have a serious learning disability probably <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-media-will-debunk-trumps-debate-claims-then-brings-out-debunked-lying-dog-faced-pony-soldier-quote\/\" title=\"Biden Says ... Will Debunk Trump&#039;s Debate Claims ... Then Brings Out Debunked &#039;Lying Dog-Faced Pony Soldier&#039; Quote\">shouldn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t be in in an exigent position that requires a profound amount of information absorption &mdash; namely, the president of the United States, the leader of the free world.<\/p>\n<p>So in case you haven&rsquo;t been following Newsom&rsquo;s presidential campaign (and let&rsquo;s face facts &mdash; he may not have officially declared, but that&rsquo;s what it is), the California governor has been making quite a big deal about his dyslexia.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.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\tloadAnyclip(); \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 #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>While he&rsquo;d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/turns-george-w-bush-outscored-gavin-newsom-sat-whopping-25-percent-say-libs-called-bush-dumbest-president-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mentioned the learning disability in passing<\/a> at other moments during his career, it went viral in a bad way last month when he told the black mayor of a city where the Democratic base is predominantly black that &ldquo;I&rsquo;m like you&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/california-gov-gavin-newsom-accused-racism-making-sat-score-comment-black-mayor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">because he couldn&rsquo;t read a speech<\/a> and got a 960 on his SATs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Gov. Newsom to a black crowd in GA: &ldquo;I am like you. I&rsquo;m a 960 SAT guy. I can&rsquo;t read.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4Gk0WKbIYz\">pic.twitter.com\/4Gk0WKbIYz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/2025749760443908555?\">February 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The big kerfuffle regarding that was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/viral-clip-goes-sour-reporter-asks-newsoms-dyslexia-diagnosis-gets-typical-response-govs-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">barely latent racism inherent in the remarks<\/a>, but not enough attention was paid to the fact that this was a man who is running for president and admitting that &ldquo;you&rsquo;ve never seen me read a speech, because I cannot read a speech.&rdquo; Yikes.<\/p>\n<p>Attention was paid by President Donald Trump on Monday, when he called Newsom a &ldquo;low-IQ person&rdquo; in an event at the White House, according to The Hill.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Gavin &lsquo;Newscum&rsquo; has admitted that he is a &mdash; that he has learning disabilities,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;Honestly, I&rsquo;m all for people with learning disabilities, but not for my president. I don&rsquo;t want &mdash; I think a president should not have learning disabilities, OK?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And I know it&rsquo;s highly controversial to say such a horrible thing. The president of the United States &mdash; Gavin Newscum admitted that he has learning disabilities, dyslexia,&rdquo; Trump continued. &ldquo;Everything about him is dumb.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;Gavin Newscum has admitted he has learning disabilities. Honestly, I&rsquo;m all for people with learning disabilities, but not for my president. I don&rsquo;t want&mdash; I think a president should not have learning disabilities, okay? And I know it&rsquo;s highly controversial to say such a horrible&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aLDR5aKORn\">pic.twitter.com\/aLDR5aKORn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Crooked Media (@CrookedMedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrookedMedia\/status\/2033654412648821146?\">March 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There were several lines of attack here, the first being that Trump had actually called Newsom the president of the United States while attacking him for being dumb. I get the feeling he was riffing on the idea of Newsom being the president of the United States, but hey, fair game:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The President of the United States Gavin Newscum admitted that he has learning disabilities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Yes, he actually called <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GavinNewsom?\">@GavinNewsom<\/a> the &ldquo;President of the United States&rdquo; while trying to insult his cognition. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/osEohVmupQ\">pic.twitter.com\/osEohVmupQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schwarz (@AdamJSchwarz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamJSchwarz\/status\/2033650673741381745?\">March 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, say this much for Trump: At least he can read a speech, which is more than Newsom admits he can do.<\/p>\n<p>And then there was Newsom, who called this bullying:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">To every kid with a learning disability: don&rsquo;t let anyone &mdash; not even the President of the United States &mdash; bully you.<\/p>\n<p>Dyslexia isn&rsquo;t a weakness.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s your strength.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GavinNewsom\/status\/2033726095162544311?\">March 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Dyslexia isn&rsquo;t a weakness. It&rsquo;s your strength,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Again, try that with anything else. Blindness is your secret strength as a pilot. Leglessness is your secret strength as an NFL kicker. Doesn&rsquo;t quite work, does it?<\/p>\n<p>Herein lies the problem with the pearl-clutching surrounding Trump&rsquo;s remarks: They&rsquo;re accurate. Saying you can&rsquo;t read a speech makes you relatable if you&rsquo;re a middle-manager. If your ability to absorb information is the difference between life and death, victory and defeat, prosperity and recession, then no &mdash; it&rsquo;s not a &ldquo;strength,&rdquo; and hiding behind the cloak of political correctness doesn&rsquo;t cut it when you&rsquo;re running to be the leader of the free world.<\/p>\n<p>If he had any kind of decent record to speak of, maybe this would be a different story. He doesn&rsquo;t. Despite being mediagenic, Newsom has done nothing while governor of California to distinguish himself policy-wise. He&rsquo;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/politics\/2025\/12\/california-budget-primer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">profligate spender<\/a> who hasn&rsquo;t solved any of his state&rsquo;s numerous problems, which is probably why residents keep voting with their feet and leaving the Golden State.<\/p>\n<p>So, we&rsquo;re supposed to expect that a guy who says he can&rsquo;t really read is going to step up his game when the job gets exponentially harder?<\/p>\n<p>The left may call Trump&rsquo;s comments callous. Newsom may call them &ldquo;bullying.&rdquo; The rest of us should heed them as merely accurate. This is the most important job in the world, and we should stop pretending that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pure-gold-gop-gov-mississippi-offers-send-reading-teachers-coach-gavin-newsom-since-black-students-ms-2-5x-better-readers-ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsom&rsquo;s self-professed dyslexia<\/a> shouldn&rsquo;t factor into it.<\/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 then argues that California Governor Gavin Newsom and his allies overreacted to President Trump highlighting Newsom\u2019s dyslexia and the idea that someone with a serious learning disability might not be suited for the presidency. The article recounts Newsom\u2019s public claim that he cannot read a speech and Trump\u2019s sharp rebuttal, including calls that Newsom has learning disabilities and is \u201clow-IQ.\u201d Newsom and others rejected this as bullying, while critics note that the exchange exposed underlying racism and political posturing.<\/p>\n<p>More broadly, the author contends that the ability to absorb and process information is crucial for the presidency, so acknowledging dyslexia as a real challenge matters. The piece also criticizes Newsom\u2019s record as California governor, arguing he hasn\u2019t meaningfully solved the state\u2019s problems and that the left\u2019s defense is hypocritical. 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