Gavin Newsom is suffering from what the Rand Corporation, right here in California, calls “truth decay” — the steady disappearance of facts and reason from public debate.
The latest example is thegovernor’s attempt to claimthat California’s population is growing — after his own government released a report warning that it isn’t.
California lost a net 54,000 residentslast year, the first population drop since the pandemic, when Newsom’s shutdowns drove out freedom-loving residents.
Sure, the state’s Department of Finance tried to blame federal immigration restrictions for the decline.
But that just highlights the fact that California’s population growth has not been natural. It has been driven by immigration — including illegal immigration (whichthe state laughably calls“International humanitarian migration”).
Newsom went on Bill Maher’s HBO show and tried to defend his record.
“We’ve also seen the last three year population growth,”he said.
In fact, California residents continue to leave.
Chattanooga, Tennessee, is experiencing rapid population growth. The most common state of origin for new arrivals: California.
Maybe they took the Chattanooga Choo-Choo to get there. They sure didn’t take the California high-speed rail, which Newsom continues to defend, despite a rising cost that is now estimated at $231 billion.
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