Newsom Sticks Another Fork in His Faltering Campaign Before It Begins With This Remark About Kamala

I think it's safe to say that California Gov. Gavin Newsom's book tour has not gone well.

Indeed, his attempt to raise his national profile for 2028 has imploded magnificently with unforced errors. And it's still going. If he keeps this up, he may be able to show a ton of people in America how unfit he is for the job of president.

He did a great job wrecking himself on Monday alone, flipping out at Sean Hannity, cursing him out, amid accusations of racism in Newsom's remarks at a Georgia book tour stop.

Gavin Newsom Steps in It Again As His GA Remarks Go Viral and He's Accused of Racism

But he wasn't quite done yet. There were his Monday stops in South Carolina.

There was this one where he claimed the audience was "fired up."

South Carolina, it’s always great to be back.

A fired up room on a Monday morning in @NancyMace’s own backyard says everything about where this country is headed in 2026.

We’re taking back the House. pic.twitter.com/dd3AGs4FJj
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) February 23, 2026

Now I don't know about you. But except for one guy, everyone there looked either bored or not particularly enthused, among the tens of people.

Then there was his stop in Rock Hill, which had a bigger auditorium. But it looks like they might have had a problem filling that. venue with 750 seats.

Less than two hours before the book event, titled “An Evening with Governor Gavin Newsom” in Rock Hill, tickets were still on sale for $49.33 a pop in chunks of 10 each — the maximum you can purchase online. [..]
Nathan Click, a Newsom spokesperson, said the unsold tickets were the result of “added capacity.”
"Actually, the original ticket allotment quickly sold out and we added capacity. Even those additional tickets are almost gone as you can see by Eventbrite’s ‘only a few left’ tag,” Click said in an email.
Eventbrite’s tags that read “only a few left” and “selling fast” are often regarded as a marketing tactic to boost sales.

But then came the remark that Newsom made during the event moderated by former DNC Chair Jaime Harrison. It had some declaring it the first real "shot" of the 2028 fight for the Democratic presidential nomination. Maybe Newsom is particularly desperate, given how he has been crashing out over the past few days.

Anyway, he mentioned how he got his political start with the help of former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, who appointed him to the city's Park and Traffic Commission, and then to the Board of Supervisors. But then Newsom mentioned Kamala Harris' connection to Willie Brown.

Governor Newsom tonight: "You would not know Kamala Harris without Willie Brown"

Fact-check: TRUE 😂🤣 pic.twitter.com/VEoRtcyGLB
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) February 24, 2026

"For those who don't know Willie Brown, you wouldn't know Kamala Harris without Willie Brown," Newsom declared.

Oh my, he actually went there. It sounds like the audience might not have known Willie Brown, so they didn't get it. But X certainly did.

A truly stunning moment.

The political calculation that Newsom is making to say something like this the way he did is wild. https://t.co/dtXi0EmQbT
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) February 24, 2026

Brown, then 60, had a relationship with/dated the much younger Harris when he was still married, but separated.

Brown appointed Harris to the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board and then to the Medical Assistance Commission – positions that paid her more than $400,000 over five years, according to SF Weekly. [....]
"And I certainly helped with her first race for district attorney in San Francisco," he said in his Chronicle letter of his endorsement of Harris in her 2003 campaign.

Looks like Gavin is already throwing some shade at Harris, knowing what it will bring up. He's really having a banner time on his tour. Has anyone else so nuked a campaign before it even started? One has to think that's going to set Kamala off big time, and he's already ticking off some on the left with this latest remark.

Newsom really can't talk because we probably wouldn't have heard about him either but for Brown. If they are going to start slinging scandalous poo, this could get very interesting. The fact that those two are generally the ones leading in polls for Democrats in 2028 says a lot about how bereft their bench is.

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