Gavin Newsom is still allegedly the Governor of California.
However, he is spending all his time on social media and on his podcast, trying to make himself a national figure by "fighting" President Donald Trump. He's embarrassed himself in the process. Plus, Newsom's tactics are so bad that he's even attacking businesses now - seemingly the last thing you would want to do if you care about attracting businesses to your state.
Recently, Marcus Lemonis, the executive chairman of Bed Bath & Beyond, said they had no plans to operate in California, expressing how hard it is to operate there.
But as my colleague Sister Toldjah explained, Newsom's response to Lemonis was imbecilic, "The company that already went bankrupt and closed every store across the country two years ago? Ok."
Lemonis then leveled him, saying Newsom should want companies to invest in his state, but instead, he rejected it.
Now, if Newsom had a brain cell, he would have reached out to Lemonis and other businesses that have left and closed stores in California. But Gavin is Gavin. So this was his response instead.
Wow! Bed Bath and Beyond just reached out to sell our hats. No thank you! https://t.co/QusgXIH4G9
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) August 22, 2025
This would be a juvenile snit fit from a 12-year-old, much less a governor of a major state. But now he's trying to troll/lie about a business, rather than encourage them to move to the state. Who thinks this is an intelligent strategy? This may explain why some people and/or businesses are fleeing the state, if this is the treatment you get.
Lemonis had a much classier response on social media, because unlike Gavin, he wasn't acting like a child.
Thank you for the note below. Rather than taking time on topics like hats, I’d like to propose a sit down with business leaders from companies across sectors to determine what can be done to drive business and people investment in California.
Any business as you know is ultimately determined by providing a healthy and prosperous work environment for people, offering a solid product or service at a great price for consumers and making a profit for owners and investors. As a current business owner in California, we are able to be part of the strong commerce that exists there but in comparison to other states struggle to have the metrics line up. The cost of doing business isn’t led by real estate costs and in fact based on the size of addressable market is equal to and in some cases below other geographic areas. The real friction comes on the layers you have the ability to influence. Your ability to show the market what is possible is before you. Slim down regulations, induce investment and become the bell weather for commerce in America.
Respectfully, I am confident that an intense and fair and balanced look at those frictions and a sensible and practical plan to ease those over time will be the fire start. I have no concept of balancing a local, state or federal budget but, in using basic math principles understand the concept of money in and money out. Your residents deserve to not have some companies develop “California pricing” to keep their doors open but rather focus on making the “Golden State” golden for all. If your aspiration is beyond governor, the moment is now to put this type of idea into action creating the “gold standard” for business everywhere. So, rather than making hats let’s make hay.
In other words, let's see how things can be made better, rather than you trying to troll about hats. That's how a professional responds.
Unfortunately, Newsom is locked into whatever this imbecilic strategy is, plus he has no real policy answers.
So far, I don't see any response from Newsom, which tells you all you need to know about him.
Editor's Note: President Trump is leading America into the "Golden Age" as Democrats try desperately to stop it.
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