Governor Newsom Mocks Prayer After MN School Shooting, Gets (Rightfully) Dragged

The mass shooting at a Minnesota Catholic school by a transgender person evoked many emotions and prayers from Americans and, unfortunately, recycled political talking points from opportunistic Democratic politicians and their media sycophants.

Enter Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA), who is cosplaying President Trump on social media while he travels and campaigns on an unannounced 2028 presidential run.

In a post on X, Governor Newsom, or one of his millennial social media staffers, thought it appropriate to mock the mourners and victims of the mass shooting in DFL-controlled Minnesota.

The post was ratio-ed and the internet is forever.

The backlash on X was swift and unapologetic. Dogs were even dragged into it.

Did Newsom tank his presidential campaign as many users on X claim?

According to a poll by Emerson College, Newsom is the latest cause de jour of the Left, much like the vandalism and fire bombings of Teslas coinciding with the “No Kings” astroturf protests. Since July, Newsom leads in the 2028 Democratic presidential primary, surging 13 points since June.

Newsom’s ascension on the national stage, as indicated in an early poll, cannot override his political record–especially as governor of the purported “4th largest economy in the world.”

In a press conference yesterday, Newsom accused President Trump of using “alternative facts.” Yet, to claim California is the 4th largest economy in the world distorts the facts by relying solely on GDP not Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), as Globe contributor Richie Greenberg notes:

A PPP-based analysis, which accounts for (and balances) cost-of-living differences internationally, reveals California’s economy isn’t the giant Newsom portrays—and his refusal to acknowledge this distorts the state’s status.

Using PPP, California’s economic ranking slips significantly. In 2021, when adjusted by the Regional Price Parity (RPP) index from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, California ranked as the 11th largest economy globally, and by 2022, it fell to 12th.

Twelfth is respectable, but claiming California is fourth is an “alternative fact.”

Greenberg adds:

Newsom’s cherry-picking of nominal GDP also obfuscates and sidelines California’s policy failures. His administration has presided over skyrocketing housing costs, burdensome regulations, and energy policies that drove up prices—factors that hurt affordability. The PPP adjustment exposes this: California’s economic output, while massive, doesn’t translate to prosperity for our residents. By purposefully ignoring PPP, Newsom avoids confronting how his policies contribute to a cost-of-living crisis that pushes middle-class families to flee the state. Businesses continue leaving as well, with many public outcries on the way out.

A majority of Californians and businesses are unhappy, but moving companies (and red states) are happily raking in the cash. The Globe recently reported:

Every nationwide report has bad news for California whether it’s CEOs or U-Haul rentals for moves to other states. As we reported in July, California lost 361,623 residents and $20,915,598,000 in income to Texas.

California made the top of Allied Van Lines Company 2024 Allied US Migration Report unfortunately for outbound migration.

Facts aside, Newsom’s new and “Trumpian” social media campaign is getting the attention he craves. Newsom hasn’t deleted the tweet, but he also hasn’t fixed California.

The backlash to his tone-deaf mockery of prayer during a school shooting should serve as a sobering reminder that hundreds of thousands are leaving California and millions of Americans are leaving the Democratic party.