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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.
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NOT news to us. But, dailymail. They’ll buy ii.
Kimberly Guilfoyl probably has a few good takes on his character to share and I hope she does.
During his October 25 appearance on the aptly named All The Smoke podcast
There. Fixed it.
His past doesn’t matter. Nancy is his aunt, and he is a Dem. People will vote for him no matter what.
Not gonna wash against J. D.’s hillbilly cred.
We weren’t allowed to have Wonder bread, too expensive.
I’m sorry but $75k in the 70s & 80s was hardly poor. We lived in SoCal on $25k during that same timeframe & there were 3 kids in our family.
He will be top-tier in ‘28. Don’t bs us.
Liars gotta lie.
That would be interesting.
She could discuss his....shortcomings.
I’m sure the maids brought fancy breads to his family’s table, and he never actually saw a loaf of Wonder Bread except on a TV ad. Or maybe on a supermarket poster as his family’s limo drove past it.
The witch is not his aunt. Newsom’s aunt was once married to Pelosi’s brother-in-law.
I can spot a sleazy oily full-on bi-sexual cokehead full swap swinger a MILE away.
It’s hard to imagine worse human beings than most prominent Democrats, so how will this hurt Newsom, won’t it just build his base?
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