California governor Gavin Newsomwas in Atlanta recently on a book tour stopand spoke to a mostly black crowd, joined on stage by Atlanta Democrat mayor Andre Dickens.
In an attempt to "relate" to the largely African-American crowd, Newsom pulled out what was perhaps the most tone-deaf and cringe-inducing statement from his bag of tricks yet.
Listen to this and try not to click off in second-hand embarrassment before the full run time.
The governor of California and the presumptive favorite to run for President of the United States on the Democratic ticket in 2028 just tried to pull a "How do you do, fellow blacks" by saying he's dumb and can't read?
"I'm not trying to impress you… I'm like you. I'm no better than you," Newsom said, in his best effort to sound like a normal human being.
"I'm a 960 SAT guy… I can't read."
Newsom earned a few muted "woo's" from the crowd for his admission, but by the time the quote made it to social media, the silver-tongued and silver-maned governor was getting cooked on X.
To his credit, Newsom tried to defend himself, but even if he's telling the truth (and I don't know if this guy is even capable of that), the optics make this a nearly unforgivable gaffe.
"Hello my fellow African-Americans! That guy, Trump, is a real racist! Not like me. I actually relate to your struggle with being stupid. See, I even got a bad score on my SAT, and I'm bad at reading. I'm just like you."
Imagine if a Republican candidate said the same thing to a room full of black people in Atlanta? They would be getting skewered by every mainstream outlet in existence.
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