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Newsom Witnessed Shoplifting at Target. Here's What Happened When He Notified an Employee.
Townhall.com ^ | 2 February A.D. 2024 | Madeline Leesman

Posted on 02/02/2024 1:54:09 PM PST by lightman

This week, Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom revealed that he saw a shoplifter steal from Target without any employees stopping him. When he questioned one of the workers about it, the employee blamed Newsom without realizing who he was.

According to Mercury News, Newsom shared the story before the start of a Zoom meeting about a mental health measure he’s supporting.

In the meeting, Newsom said he was at a Target store and waiting in line with a cart when he saw another customer walk straight past him without paying.

“As we’re checking out, the woman says, ‘Oh he’s just walking out, he didn’t pay for that,’ I said, ‘Why didn’t you stop him?' She goes, ‘Oh, the governor.’ Swear to God, true story, on my mom’s grave. ‘The governor lowered the threshold, there’s no accountability.’ I said, ‘That’s just not true,’” Newsom said in the video, adding that the girl added, “we don’t stop them [shoplifters] because of the governor.”

He added that the girl looked at the governor closely and then “freaked out.” Newsom then asked the worker if he could have a conversation with the store manager about shoplifting.

“I was like, why I am spending $380 and everyone can walk the hell right out?”

Last year, Townhall reported how employees at a San Francisco-based Target store told The San Francisco Standard that their store is plagued by 10 thefts per day. According to the outlet, products from cereal to nail polish are regularly stolen from the store.

“I’d say 10 thefts a day,” one unnamed employee said to the outlet. They work inside the Metreon, which is a mall, and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

“Every 10 minutes you see it,” another employee told the outlet. “Look in some corner of the store, and you’ll see people shoveling stuff into a bag – food, cosmetics.”

"Retail crime is an urgent issue that is increasingly impacting the team and guests at Target and other retailers," a Target spokesperson said. "It’s an issue that affects all of us, limiting product availability, creating a less convenient shopping experience, and most importantly, putting our team and guests in harm’s way.”


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; US: California
KEYWORDS: anarchotyranny; california; crime; dystopia; newsome; shoplifing; target; theft
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To: lightman

“Newsom Witnessed Shoplifting at Target.”

I knew he looked like a criminal. LOL


21 posted on 02/02/2024 2:34:00 PM PST by LeoTDB69
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To: lightman
“I was like, why I am spending $380 and everyone can walk the hell right out?”

Newsom is a little slow. The shoplifters figured this out long ago.

And unless there is a The French Laundry in the back, or they have added a foie gras, caviar and truffle section, I don't believe for a minute that Newsom shops at Walmart and Target with the hoi polloi.

22 posted on 02/02/2024 2:37:32 PM PST by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: thegagline
Despite what the article states, I think Newsom asked to see the store manager to have the “uppity” employee fired. How dare a “lowly” worker state facts to a member of the elitist bourgeois.

Ya think?‽‽?!!

23 posted on 02/02/2024 2:53:53 PM PST by null and void (I identify as a conspiracy theorist. My personal pronouns are told/you/so.)
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To: mund1011

He was there because he heard that men can use the girls bathroom at Targets.


24 posted on 02/02/2024 3:04:23 PM PST by enumerated (81 million votes my ass)
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To: lightman

This monster , this Newsom, is presently engaged in unleashing this disorder upon the peasants but in notifying the management upon sighting a thief he was responding to the sense of order he enjoys in his special bubble.

The worst kind of hypocrite, a dull and stupid one.


25 posted on 02/02/2024 3:12:29 PM PST by TalBlack (I We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: lightman

Typical Dem. Pours gasoline in your house, throws in a lit match and wonders why your house is on fire. Total lack of self awareness.


26 posted on 02/02/2024 3:16:04 PM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
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To: lightman

There is a rumor that Newsome always carries large amounts of cash.

Maybe a gangbanger or illegal can fact-check this.


28 posted on 02/02/2024 3:57:27 PM PST by unlearner (I, Robot: I think I finally understand why Dr. Lanning created me... ;-)
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To: lightman
The Newsom story sounds completely bogus to me.

Every square foot of every Target is under video surveillance.

Show me the video, Newsom!

29 posted on 02/02/2024 4:04:54 PM PST by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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To: lightman

I don’t buy it his wit is that dim.


30 posted on 02/02/2024 4:10:00 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian (I'm a nationalist. I'm white. How does that make me racist?)
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To: lightman

One night while at wallyworld, I saw a man who was squatting on the floor as he stuffed jewelry in every crevice he could find in his clothing.

When he realized I was watching him, he stood up and tuŕned to leave. When he stood up, a boatload fell out of his clothes. He looked at it and headed for the door. I told one of the employees and she just shrugged her shoulders
And walked off. I stood there ttrying to keep my chin from falling off my face.

This was back in the late 90’s or early 2000’s.

I was shocked.


31 posted on 02/02/2024 4:13:13 PM PST by PrairieLady2 (USA: Land of the free, Because of the Brave.)
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To: lightman

Newsom was pushing a shopping cart at Target? Sure. As if.


32 posted on 02/02/2024 4:13:17 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: lightman
So this was like an involuntary "Undercover Boss" story where the boss finds out he is the problem.
Will he learn or fix anything? Doubt it.

33 posted on 02/02/2024 4:14:03 PM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty)
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To: gundog

California would be better off if run by Daffy Duck.


34 posted on 02/02/2024 4:39:23 PM PST by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: lightman

(“I’d say 10 thefts a day,” one unnamed employee said)

That they actually see

There’s probably 5x-10x that. Daily.


35 posted on 02/02/2024 5:51:35 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

I was thinking more like 10 thefts per hour.


36 posted on 02/02/2024 5:52:58 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: lightman

That’s actually pretty accurate


37 posted on 02/02/2024 6:06:35 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Could have been slumming. We have a grocery clearance store in town that has some pretty decent buys. I wouldn’t go there on a dare around the first of the month...the time when EBT cards load up. I was driving by on one such day and it was packed, inside and around the entrance. I saw the Oregon Speaker of the House mingling with the unwashed.


38 posted on 02/02/2024 6:40:32 PM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: lightman

“I got a shifty looking guy here I’m holding. Beady eyes, sneaky expression, delusions he’s some kind of king or emperor of the state or something.”


39 posted on 02/02/2024 7:03:32 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: LeoTDB69

Had our side been like the Democrats one of us would have slipped some unpaid stuff into his coat pocket. Frame jobs for our side should be answered in kind, IMO.

“That stuff isn’t mine.”
“Yeah, we gathered that.”
“But I hadn’t crossed the threshold of the outside doors with it so I can walk.”
“Maybe you really are a politician like you keep claiming.”


40 posted on 02/02/2024 7:07:19 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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