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Posted on 04/27/2026 9:27:31 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Google co-founder Sergey Brin reportedly confronted California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) over a billionaire tax being proposed in the Golden State while both attended a posh Christmas party last year, according to three sources who were briefed on the conversation who spoke to The New York Times.
The argument allegedly took place at fintech exec Chris Larsen’s “treehouse” holiday party last December, where Brin was accompanied by girlfriend Gerelyn Gilbert-Soto.
Gilbert-Soto, a Donald Trump supporter who the Times described as a “gut-health influencer,” reportedly tried to ease tension between the California power players by joking that she would forgive Newsom for his policies because he was “handsome.”
At that point in time, Newsom hadn’t publicly supported the billionaire tax, which would saddle Brin with an estimated $13 billion extra on his tax bill if passed. One month after Newsom’s conversation with Brin, however, he came out with a pledge to defeat the proposition. On Monday, supporters announced it had received enough petition signatures to officially make it onto ballots this fall.
Asked to comment on the alleged spat, Brin told the Times, “I fled socialism with my family in 1979 and know the devastating, oppressive society it created in the Soviet Union. I don’t want California to end up in the same place.”
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Few remember Joe. I did not watch much TV much but did catch his ads a few times.
The “He’s lying” after anything greasy knewsome says would be great.
Sergey Brin engineered the H1B program. We have lost millions of tech jobs to foreign invaders.
These billionaires create millions of jobs...which bring in billions of dollars into the treasury.
A 13 billion dollar tax bill clears the mind fast.
according to three sources who were briefed on the conversation who spoke to The New York Times.
Something about that line is just so wrong...no matter which side is being gored. If it happened to me, I would have 3 fewer “sources”.
NEWSOM IS NOT SMART ENOUGH TO CONNECT THOSE DOTS.
Newscum , a proven bald face liar
If he says he’s against this tax, it’s a sure bet he’s not.
Funny, Brin claims to be anticommunist....yet he and Google have consistently been on the hard left in this country.
As with all socialists/communists, they are only so when it’s about redistributing OPM.
Democrats: "But we do."
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