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Poor Little Rich Boy: Gavin Newsom Grew up Poor and Hustled to Survive [FLASHBACK]
California Globe ^ | 10 28 2025 | Katy Grimes

Posted on 02/23/2026 9:55:54 AM PST by yesthatjallen

Poor Gavin Newsom. Who knew he grew up poor, had to hustle to stay alive, resorting to Wonder Bread and Mac-n-Cheese for meals, according to his latest guest appearance on the “All the Smoke” podcast?

Most poor families back in the 1970’s and 1980’s ate generic, day-old store-brand bread, discounted canned soup and meats, and government cheese. I knew skinny poor kids.

Here is the “All the Smoke” podcast:

Notice during the podcast video Newsom slips into some street slang, claiming “It was about payin’ the bills, man.” “Wonder bread and Mac ‘n cheese. That’s how I grew up, bro.” That “it was just like hustlin.” “I raised myself.”

Right. Gavin was a latchkey kid? When Gavin was featured in a “Children of the Rich” article in 1991 at the age of 25, that pretty much put the latchkey kid from the Larchmont Homes tract-housing act to rest… until now, as Newsom longs to be America’s next President.

Gavin Newsom’s father, William Newsom, was the attorney for the billionaire Getty Oil family, and managed their assets. Newsom’s father was an attorney, a judge and a former associate justice on the California Court of Appeals.

Wasn’t everyone’s dad an associate justice on the California Court of Appeals?

But Gavin slept on a couch and ate Wonder Bread and “raised himself.”

And then he opened a winery!

At the age of 25, Newsom “and investors” created PlumpJack Associates L.P. in 1991 with the financial help of Gordon Getty.

SNIP

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To: motor_racer

At the day old wonder bread store it was pretty cheap, they are all gone now.


21 posted on 02/23/2026 12:05:00 PM PST by eyeamok
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22 posted on 02/23/2026 12:31:26 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: eyeamok

Since he was trying to make a point of being poor, I think he would have said “from the day old Wonder Bread store”, but I’m pretty sure he has never had to buy his own groceries.


23 posted on 02/23/2026 12:37:59 PM PST by motor_racer (Who will bell the cat?)
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To: Paladin2

It’s a really odd pitch for President.

“Vote for me because I was in the 35th percentile on the SAT.

He’s basically admitting that 3 out of 4 ordinary Americans are smarter than him.


24 posted on 02/23/2026 12:39:41 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: yesthatjallen

“Notice during the podcast video Newsom slips into some street slang, claiming “It was about payin’ the bills, man.” “Wonder bread and Mac ‘n cheese. That’s how I grew up, bro.””

Newscum is nauseating beyond human endurance.


25 posted on 02/23/2026 1:19:10 PM PST by SharpRightTurn (Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys. P. J. O'Rourk)
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To: eyeamok

Sounds like Gavin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zcEQtG_Ugo


26 posted on 02/23/2026 1:20:50 PM PST by bleach (Donaldus Magnus 2024-2028 A.D.)
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To: yesthatjallen

It is true he did badly on his SATs. He got into Santa Clara College, which is reasonably competitive, with recommendations from Jerry Brown and other top politicians.


27 posted on 02/23/2026 1:22:39 PM PST by xxqqzz
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To: eyeamok

IBC (Interstate Brands Corporation) was killed by the union.
Twinkies are still around because Bimbo bought it.


28 posted on 02/23/2026 1:42:56 PM PST by samiam5
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To: yesthatjallen

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29 posted on 02/24/2026 1:22:13 AM PST by redinIllinois (Pro-life, accountant, gun-totin' Grandma - multi issue voter )
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To: yesthatjallen

Newsom watched the movie The Jerk to many times.


30 posted on 02/24/2026 7:26:16 AM PST by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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