It is remarkable that Democrats view Gavin Newsom as their candidate for President who isn’t stupid. You no doubt have heard about Newsom’s appearance before a black audience in Georgia, where he said that being dyslexic, having a low SAT score, and being literally unable to read means that “I’m like you,” “I’m no better than you” black people. Amazing. Nicki Minaj responded:
His way of bonding with black ppl is to tell them how stupid he is & that he can’t read.
This means my first read on him was correct. He’s been handed so many things & put in high positions he never earned or deserved.
Do you wanna know the craziest part of this footage that… https://t.co/llo1k7F7wB
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) February 23, 2026
Full text, which is spot on:
His way of bonding with black ppl is to tell them how stupid he is & that he can’t read.
This means my first read on him was correct. He’s been handed so many things & put in high positions he never earned or deserved.
Do you wanna know the craziest part of this footage that will haunt him forever? He’s literally slowing his speech down & talking in a sporadic cadence.
He’s not just TELLING them that they’re all probably stupid & probably can’t read, he’s LITERALLY SLOW-ING-DOWN-HIS-SPEECH to make them understand the words that are coming out of his mouth!!!! As if they’re children!!!! That means he REALLY BELIEVES they’re slow. He’s not just saying it—he didn’t misspeak!!!! He BELIEVES it!!!!
Do ya love it?!?!!
Do ya just love it, black ppl?!????
That episode is going to haunt Newsom. And, via InstaPundit, we have this, as Newsom continues to use his inability to read as a selling point:
I didn’t say you couldn’t read, you 🤡
I said you were “historically illiterate”…
….because you apparently have no idea that Eisenhower federalized the national guard to stop Dem governors from defying federal law.
Specifically, on September 23, 1957, President Eisenhower… https://t.co/63z3botBKs
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 17, 2026
Pretty much everyone thinks that Kamala Harris was a historically bad candidate for President. But is there actually evidence that her fellow Californian Gavin Newsom is any better?
UPDATE: Newsom responds, ineffectively:
You didn’t give a shit about the President of the United States of America posting an ape video of President Obama or calling African nations shitholes — but you’re going to call me racist for talking about my lifelong struggle with dyslexia?
Spare me your fake fucking outrage,… https://t.co/ABNZJQJLcj
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) February 23, 2026
Note that Newsom doesn’t try to address the criticism that many made of his speech–that it was racist because it assumed that blacks can’t read and have low SAT scores. On that, Newsom’s position is: no comment. Instead, he pretends, absurdly, that he was criticized for being dyslexic.
As to the “ape video,” I am not sure what happened. Reportedly, the White House posted a video on election fraud that for some reason had a brief still image at the end. The image apparently came from a video that depicted many Democrats (not just the Obamas) as various jungle animals, with Trump as a lion. Joe Biden was a monkey, Hillary Clinton was a warthog. So the video wasn’t racist, even if the White House had posted the whole thing. As for the “sh*thole countries,” which were not necessarily African, the truth hurts.
In any event, “so’s your old man” is not an effective response. Newsom is running for President, Trump isn’t. And Trump has never done anything as overtly racist as Newsom’s insulting remarks in Georgia.
MORE: I didn’t mention Newsom’s bad language. It is typical of him; as much as anyone, he contributes to the steady deterioration of the quality of American public life. A thoroughly detestable figure.
