Gavin Newsom roasted for picture of him reading ‘banned books’ he says states are ‘afraid of’

Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., was slammed on Twitter after posting a photograph of himself studying “Beloved” by Toni Morrison, subsequent to a number of different books he advised some states are “afraid” of due to censorship.

“Studying some banned books to determine what these states are so afraid of,” he tweeted Wednesday.

Newsom appeared to reference payments in states, equivalent to Tennessee, that might require faculties to scan their libraries and ensure all books are age acceptable and deem sure books “obscene.”

“I purchased some plastic ingesting straws for a similar motive. The shop put them in a plastic bag,” lawyer Ted Frank of the Hamilton Regulation Institute stated. He additionally appeared to take a dig on the elevated crime all through the state of California by suggesting Newsom “be a sufferer of a carjacking to see why so many different states prosecute crime.”

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Dr. Eli David, Deep Intuition co-founder and Forbes Know-how council member, requested who was going to inform the governor that “To Kill A Mockingbird” was banned in sure college districts over considerations of racism. 

Writer and Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters stated the e book Newsom seemed to be studying within the photograph was a “horrible novel.”

College students in pre-kindergarten learn a e book by Alan Katz throughout OfficeMax’s “A Day Made Higher” presentation at Hurlbutt Elementary College on April 26, 2010, in Weston, Connecticut.
(Wendy Carlson/Getty Photos for OfficeMax)

Sen. Ted Cruz’s, R-Texas, communications director Steve Visitor stated Newsom was taking a “web page out of LeBron Jame’s playbook,” and included a screenshot of a headline that stated, “LeBron James is the king of studying the primary web page of books.”

Others requested if he was posing on the French Laundry, an unique spot the place Newsom was noticed maskless in November 2020. 

“Is that this the French Laundry? I’ve by no means been in a position to get a reservation (and I’ve tried),” journalist Josh Barro requested. 

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Mike Fowl, an editor on the Economist, responded to Barro, saying that Newsom had 5 books to learn, so “good luck getting one anytime quickly.” 

A Virginia state Home of Delegates consultant, Nick Freitas, stated Newsom “graduated from coloring books.” 

“Simply keep in mind Gavin, 1984 is a cautionary story, not a information,” he stated. 

Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks Dec. 17, 2021, at a information convention in Dublin, California.
(Ray Chavez/Bay Space Information Group through AP)

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Newsom confronted a recall election in September 2021 as many felt he mishandled the state’s response to COVID-19. California had strict restrictions in place when it got here to varsities, locations of worship and companies. 

The California governor remained in workplace as a majority of voters stated “no” to the recall query on their ballots.