TODAY Show turns Gavin Newsom's idea that's very unlikely to happen into a 'historic announcement'

Doug P. | 1:45 PM on June 08, 2023

Earlier today California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who clearly has his sights set on running for president at some point, floated an idea for a 28th Amendment to the Constitution in the name of what he called “gun safety freedoms” (could that sound more Orwellian?).

NEW: I’m proposing the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution to help end our nation’s gun violence crisis.

The American people are sick of Congress’ inaction.

The 28th will enshrine 4 widely supported gun safety freedoms — while leaving the 2nd Amendment intact:

1)… pic.twitter.com/ZJ7fyfH0Cf

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) June 8, 2023

This progressive pipe dream falls into the “good luck with that” category:

California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a proposal Thursday to amend the US Constitution to restrict gun ownership rights, including enforcing universal background checks and raising the firearm purchase age to 21.

The Democrat said his “28th Amendment” — which he claims will leave the Second Amendment “unchanged” — calls for four new measures to help end what he called the nation’s “gun violence crisis.”

Here’s Newsom’s 28th Amendment vision in four parts:

The 28th will enshrine 4 widely supported gun safety freedoms — while leaving the 2nd Amendment intact:

1) Raising the minimum age to purchase a gun to 21

2) Universal background checks

3) A reasonable waiting period for gun purchases

4) Banning the civilian purchase of assault weapons

As usual, Democrats can rest easy knowing the MSM is ready, willing and able to help them promote their ideas no matter how unlikely they are to happen. Here’s how The TODAY Show reported Newsom’s idea:

EXCLUSIVE: California Governor Gavin Newsom shares a historic announcement that could affect the entire country when it comes to gun control: proposing a new 28th amendment to the U.S. constitution. @jacobsoboroff shares their conversation. pic.twitter.com/oIltNhHl7f

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) June 8, 2023

“Historic announcement”?

If passed, this would restrict access to guns in all 50 states.@jacobsoboroff shares the details of Gov. Newsom’s exclusive announcement. https://t.co/b86boidIBa

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) June 8, 2023

Yep, and it really depends on how loose your definition of “historic” is…

Really torturing the definition of "historic" here https://t.co/0TGjMx7BLY

— Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) June 8, 2023

In what way is this a "historic announcement"? A governor is calling for something that is very, very unlikely to happen. https://t.co/OFxuBTpQCb

— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) June 8, 2023

The only thing that’s clearly “historic” is the level of media hackery.

The Media is Your Enemy. https://t.co/WCFzONeQtn

— john jackson (@pvtjokerus) June 8, 2023

This isn’t historic, it’s stupid and won’t ever happen. But the lefties probably believe @GavinNewsom can do this. 🤣 https://t.co/TwQjtkpY5p

— Linsdesign (@Linsdesign21) June 8, 2023