MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough scoffed at Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday for launching an out-of-state political tour while his own state is suffering from a variety of serious issues.
Newsom launched a two-day tour in rural areas across South Carolina where he spoke to local residents in coffee shops and small businesses, which strongly indicated his ambition to enter the presidential race in 2028. Scarborough said on “Morning Joe” that Newsom has a “really big pile of problems” that he needs to address and take accountability for if he wants to appeal to voters on a national scale.
“Huh, that’s interesting. That’s a long flight, actually … And he, of course, talking about how he feels good about his chances, cleaning up the quality of life issues back in California,” Scarborough said in response to Newsom’s travel. “I gotta say, Jonathan Lemire, if Gavin Newsom, he goes to South Carolina, they’re talking about his presidential race. Well, let the early morning talk about 2028 begin. I mean, that’s a guy who, if he runs, he’s got a lot to defend in California if you look at quality of life issues there. Man, he’s a really good fighter on TV, he’s a really good debater, but he’s got a really big pile of problems back in California.”
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“Morning Joe” co-host Jonathan Lemire added that California has become Republicans’ “boogeyman” due to its post-pandemic issues, including crime, drugs and natural disasters.
Los Angeles suffered from a series of wildfires that spread across 40,000 acres and left thousands of Californians homeless. The state’s top politicians, including Newsom, came under scrutiny over their handling of the disaster.
In January, Newsom fled into his car as an emotional woman living in an impacted area pleaded with him for answers on the lack of water and preparedness before the flames hit the areas. Newsom claimed that he tried calling the president “five times,” but the call did not go through due to poor cell service, and then stepped into his vehicle.
California lacked the necessary resources to mitigate the raging fires, as fire hydrants in Altadena and Pacific Palisades had low water pressure or were down as officials attempted to put out the fires. An analysis from OpenTheBooks, a government transparency organization, found that Los Angeles lacked the budget to sufficiently fund fire hydrants across the area despite Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) officials receiving substantial taxpayer-funded salaries.
Major cities, such as San Francisco, have experienced a surge in rampant homelessness, drug trade and a variety of other crimes. A group of residents in San Francisco’s most crime-ridden neighborhood sued the city in March 2024, alleging that city officials allowed an open-air drug market to persist in the city and tolerated criminal activities in the area.
Despite Newsom’s administration spending $24 billion on homelessness since 2019, the homeless crisis has considerably worsened. In 2024, the state had a record-breaking number of over 187,000 homeless people, accounting for almost half of the nation’s homeless population, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.
The Golden State has also had a staggering number of its residents leave in recent years over the high cost of living, homelessness and rampant crime.
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