Posted on 11/07/2025 6:19:12 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Presumed 2028 presidential candidate Gavin Newsom, Democratic governor of California and a card-carrying member of the San Francisco elite, has been channeling the ghost of Horatio Alger in a much-mocked attempt to portray himself as someone who made it out of a tough childhood.
But Newsom, 58, famously grew up surrounded by the most powerful families in California who not only backed his early business ventures but greased the wheels of his political ascent, sources have told the Daily Mail.
Even his staunchest supporters admit that Newsom's early life was not exactly the stuff of deep struggle.
But that hasn't stopped Newsom from painting himself as a graduate of the school of hard knocks.
During his October 25 appearance on the All The Smoke podcast, hosted by former NBA champions Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, Newsom described his upbringing as being 'about paying the bills, man… It was just, like, hustling.'
After his parents divorced in the early 1970s, he was raised by his hard-working single mother - first in a San Francisco home now worth about $3.6million and later in equally affluent Marin County. Newsom's mother, Tessa, worked three jobs to support her two children, and his father's highest salary throughout his career as a judge was $75,000, according to SFGate.
The paper described them as having 'enviable connections' but 'little money.'
'I was out there kind of raising myself…' he said on the podcast. 'I was sitting there with the Wonder Bread… macaroni and cheese.'
A number of longtime Newsom observers in California called his tale a farce, and said he and his allies have long pushed the story of his allegedly underprivileged childhood.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
No crap!
$75k in 1970 is worth $626,242.27 today. But it does play well in the unmotivated crowd that only lives in this moment.
EC
“I was born a poor black child.” - Navin Newsome
We used wonder bread for fish bait. The bluegill loved it.
It's.
"Gavin "i'm on the phone with the President, no really i am.."NewSCUM.
Thanks.
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