Conservatives have been correctly calling out Gavin Newsom for his claim that he was just like black Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens because he is dyslexic, scored badly on the SAT and can’t read. Never mind that we have exposed inconsistencies in this story since then, because even if everything Newsom said about himself is on the up and up, that is still racist as heck.
And he’s getting called out by 'Matrix' sequel star Cornel West. We understand that West has done other things, but we are pretty sure that is the most important thing he has done in his life. In any case, he took to TSMSFKA Twitter (‘The Social Media Site Formerly Known As Twitter’) to share a clip from an interview talking about this:
Brother Newsom could’ve taken a humanistic approach! He could’ve said, “I’m just like you. I was born of a woman. I’ll face loss, pain, and death just like anyone else.” But instead, when he thinks of Black people, he brings up low SAT scores. That mindset sits at the core of… pic.twitter.com/cwRH6wEyKY
— Cornel West (@CornelWest) February 24, 2026
The cut off text:
That mindset sits at the core of white supremacy—the belief that Black people are less beautiful, less moral, less intelligent! Don’t play with us like that @CAgovernor!!
#TruthJusticeLove
@tavissmiley @kbla1580
This is a fair point. He could have gone with something like ‘I bleed red just like all of you.’ Instead, Newsome went with … that.
On the other hand, we do not accept the notion that opposing DEI is racist, but … we don’t present West’s comments because we agree with all of them. We present it because it is a sign that Newsom has really created a problem for himself with black voters.
Thank you professor for speaking out!
— Coddled Affluent Professional (@feelsdesperate) February 24, 2026
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Did you notice how slow he spoke, too? He had to talk slow to the dummy blacks because that is who he is. That is the mindset of the entire Democrat Party. Don't you get it yet?
— Fuzzy Slippers (@fuzislippers) February 25, 2026
We especially love it when Democrats adopt exaggerated accents when talking in black churches. (And by 'love it' we mean we cringe, hard.)
So disappointing. The audience wasn't black. Please fix this error.
— Neera Tanden🌻 (@neeratanden) February 24, 2026
We haven’t seen a full census of the audience. But he was looking at a black man when he spoke those words and didn’t deny that he was smearing black people when he angrily reacted to Sean Hannity. So, Ms. Tanden is offering a defense even Newsom and his lunatic comms team is not offering.
Sits at the core of all white liberals. Heed the words of Malcolm X pic.twitter.com/kPTSU5WB02
— mjcmedic (@mjcmedic) February 24, 2026
We actually don’t think that fits.
For us, we put it like this. We often make jokes like ‘what party switch?’ when pointing out how certain racist and violent behavior from the Democrats’ past continue into today, but we actually think Joe Biden represents the best embodiment of the switch that actually did occur. When he started out his political career, he was what he called a ‘snarling racist’—that is, a person who campaigned pretty blatantly on racial hatred. But over time, he adopted a paternalistic racial approach. The most revealing comment he made was that ‘[p]oor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids’ indicating that in his mind, white people were never poor, and non-whites were never rich. So, he saw non-whites as victims who needed help, rather than equals who deserved his respect. Newsom’s comments slotted right into that—and so did West’s comments about DEI, for that matter. And the crucial thing to get about that, is that while it is obviously gentler than the KKK/Jim Crow racism Democrats promoted in the south, but it is still racism. It is the soft bigotry of lower expectations.
Say what you will about Trump, but he doesn't speak condescendingly towards Black people. I find that to be true of Republicans generally.
— Brian Eskow (@brianeskow) February 24, 2026
I'm white, my son has dyslexia, I got what he was saying. The responses to it are profoundly disrespectful to people with dyslexia. Being compared to someone with dyslexia is not an insult.
— Katie (@katie_k8nurse) February 24, 2026
This author is white and has dyslexia and this author can speak respectfully about his condition without saying all black people are like learning disabled people. While we are pretty positive about our struggles, this is still a disability, and life would be easier without it and suggesting that black people as a group are like people with any kind of disability is in fact racist.
We need our own political party that other people can join if they so choose but we need a way to make them have to respect us. Unifying our voters is one way of doing this.
— DJ Rebelion🐂 (@djrebelion) February 25, 2026
The white liberals in the comments 😂 "this is a non issue" , "taken out of context" , "it's not directed at black people" , "it's not offensive" pic.twitter.com/4jWtMkKS9l
— Scipio Nixon Americanius ☄️🌐 🇺🇸 (@NetworkDirecto1) February 24, 2026
Long lost family photo of Gavin Newsom. pic.twitter.com/Ow7e5OiV97
— AJ 🇺🇸 (@SDajd4) February 24, 2026
Heh.
But black people will keep voting democrat. So, what does that say exactly. Because all democrats (liberals) believe it.
— Ron (@Rdcon502) February 24, 2026
Well, think about it from their perspective. One party, the Republicans, are offering simply equality as we have since at least 1868. The Democrats are offering them special advantages rather than equality. Add in the constantly repeated falsehood that Republicans are racist—the Democrats clearly believing that if you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth—and it’s not that hard to understand.
Meanwhile, Tim Miller of the Bullwark was very, very mad that Cornel West said this, but he used naughty, naughty words, so we will only quote him with censorship, rather than embed the post:
Cornel West is full of s—t and has been for a long time now.
The left hates it when black people don’t stick to the script.
It's at the core of Democrat belief. They accuse their political opponents of what's in their own hearts https://t.co/sDTrzIqUOD
— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) February 24, 2026
👀Cornel West thinks Gavin Newsom has the mindset of a white supremacist. https://t.co/0tDy9M04gd
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) February 24, 2026
And we are loving every second of it.
I have a theory that Gavin Newsom is actually quite bad at politics, and the more he gets outside California to run for president, the more it will be evident. https://t.co/rgDdNfEDi0
— Tim Murtaugh (@TimMurtaugh) February 24, 2026
This is actually a good point. One of Conservatives’/Republicans’ secret weapons is the leftist bubble. It means that our side is tested constantly with tough questions and a media ready to distort everything we say or do. It isn’t right, but it’s the reality they live in. Thus, as a matter of survival, we learn how to handle it. But Democrats/Leftists can go for years inside their bubble and when they actually run into people who can intelligently and eloquently disagree with them, they don’t know how to handle it. This is why as a rule, the bluer a state is, the more awful its Democratic politicians are on a national stage.
Finally:
— NaomiSky15 (@NaomiSky_15) February 24, 2026
Wow. *stifles laughter.*
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