WATCH: Gavin Newsom says ‘there’s nothing I dislike more than a politician that lies to you’
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he simply cannot stomach politicians who lie to the public, despite plenty of evidence the Democrat himself has deceived Americans.
Appearing on “Meet the Press” with NBC’s Kristen Welker, Newsom indicated: “There is nothing I dislike more than a politician that just sits there and lies to you. And we all just sit there rolling our eyes going, ‘Give me a break.'”
When asked about the decline of Joe Biden’s cognitive abilities and why Newsom did not speak up, the governor said: “I’m not gonna substitute myself for someone else or for popular opinion. I’m gonna express my relationship to my truth with the former president of the United States including at the end of his term quite literally in December, which was a master class of foreign policy and domestic policy which I will never forget. … There was nothing to suggest [any problems with Biden’s mental acuity].”
NEW: Newsom says he hates politicians who lie to your face in the same interview that he told Kristen Welker that he didn’t see an issue with Biden’s mental acuity.
Newsom: There is nothing I dislike more than the politician who sits there & lies to you.
Also Newsom: I’m gonna… pic.twitter.com/DU6x6yUT49
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 2, 2025
But the record tells a different story when it comes to Newsom’s own veracity.
For instance, in a high-profile March interview with Charlie Kirk before his assassination, the governor claimed no one in his office used the woke term “LatinX” in reference to someone in the Hispanic community.
“By the way, not one person in my office has ever used the word LatinX,” Newsom told Kirk. “I just didn’t even know where it came from. What are people talking about?”
However, Newsom himself on many occasions has used that term, and Kirk posted a video noting, “CNN put together a brutal compilation of Gov. Gavin Newsom personally and repeatedly using the phrase.
“If he’ll lie like this, directly to my face, on camera … .”
After telling me that no one in his office ever used the term Latinx, CNN put together a brutal compilation of Gov. Gavin Newsom personally and repeatedly using the phrase.
If he’ll lie like this, directly to my face, on camera… pic.twitter.com/mx2nskMGhe
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) March 21, 2025
Newsom himself used the word LatinX on numerous posts on X.
Children in Poverty:
31% Latinx
26% Black
14% AAPI
12% WhiteThis is the result of unequal access to opportunity. https://t.co/ipLVJdv1sL
— Governor Gavin Newsom (@CAgovernor) April 25, 2019
#COVID19 disproportionately impacts the Latinx community.
Rising rates in the Central Valley are concerning. CA is making $52M available to increase testing, contact tracing and quarantine efforts, and sending strike teams to 4 counties with increased cases and hospitalizations.
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 27, 2020
Last month, as WorldNetDaily reported, Trump officials fact-checked Newsom after he promoted a false claim the Trump administration was closing parts of the Interstate 5 highway for a military showcase.
“Donald Trump and JD Vance think that shutting down the I-5 to shoot out missiles from ships is how you respect the military. PUT ASIDE YOUR VANITY PARADE AND PAY OUR TROOPS INSTEAD,” Newsom wrote on X.
“Governor Newsom is deliberately spreading Fake News to Californians to fearmonger and score cheap political points,” Taylor Van Kirk, the vice president’s press secretary, told the Daily Signal.
William Martin, a special assistant to the president and communications director to the vice president, responded to Newsom’s claim: “This is complete fake news. The Marine Corps said they are NOT shutting down the I-5 highway and that the event at Camp Pendleton is a training exercise. Also, President Trump IS paying the troops despite Chuck Schumer’s efforts to hold their salaries hostage.”
On Oct. 26, Newsom, who has been under fire recently for granting commercial driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants, made no secret he’s interested in following Donald Trump as the next American president.
Appearing on “Sunday Morning” on CBS, Newsom answered positively when asked about his White House ambition.
“Yeah, I’d be lying otherwise. I’d just be lying. And I’m not – I can’t do that,” Newsom said.
Gavin Newsom confirms he is gearing up to run for President in 2028
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 26, 2025
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