Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Trip to China: Mocked for ‘Cringe-Inducing Moments’

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ill-conceived trip to China, with a quick stop in Israel for some kibitzing with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following the Hamas attack, can be summed up in the headlines – all of which are very different, and not very flattering.

Newsom’s trip, sold to the media as a “climate-focused tour,” was more of a “See Gavin Newsom on the international stage pretending to be an international diplomat” tour. His PR team must have been working 24/7 on staged photo ops like this glamour shot, and impromptu “human” moments as the Tweet below shows.

Gavin Newsom in China might’ve just accidentally started World War III

pic.twitter.com/fl9cLRRbJ8

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) October 29, 2023

That Newsom PR video was kind of weird. We aren’t the only ones who noticed:

. @GavinNewsom has always had really bad judgement – like playing basketball in fancy dress shoes on slippery concrete. https://t.co/I9WQO2sQya

— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) October 29, 2023

As Gov. Newsom finishes up his week-long China tour, he sent out this statement Sunday announcing:

“California and Shanghai signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on protecting the environment, combating climate change, advancing climate adaptation and resilience strategies and accelerating clean transportation action.”

“California’s partnership with Shanghai spans decades – back to 1980 when the late, great Senator Dianne Feinstein, then San Francisco’s Mayor, forged the San Francisco-Shanghai Sister City relationship — the first such relationship between cities in China and the United States. This is a city I have visited many times, and each time I return, I am struck by the progress and transformation I see.

Sadly, California’s partnership with Shanghai does go back decades, thanks to the late Senator Feinstein who had a Chinese spy on her staff who worked for her for about 20 years, was listed as an “office director” on payroll records and served as her driver when she was in San Francisco, all while reporting to China’s Ministry of State Security through China’s San Francisco Consulate, AEI reported.

Great job Gavin – way to gloss over the Chinese Communist Party…

Just today, the Flash Report had these three headlines – the AP headline is laughable:

• OCReg: Gavin Newsom’s trip to Israel and China was tinged with hypocrisy
• Gavin Newsom’s Not-So-Excellent Chinese Adventure
• AP: California governor’s trip shows US-China engagement is still possible on a state level

The first two articles focus on Newsom’s rank hypocrisy in Israel, “with Newsom’s show of solidarity with Israelis occurred just days after he signed legislation that, among other things, makes it illegal for Californians with concealed weapons permits to carry guns in their own synagogues, for example, to defend themselves against terrorists’ attacks,” Dan Walters wrote.

And the Washington examiner addressed “the most cringe-inducing moment of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) vanity trip to China,” and shared, “His claim that he spoke frankly with Chinese regime leader Xi Jinping about fentanyl is absurd.”

This trip was all about Gavin, and no one else.

In our coverage, the Globe focused more on the fact that he’s not the Secretary of State, and instead what the governor’s actual responsibilities are to his home state, which is suffering under an explosion of crime and drug-addicted homeless taking over the cities.

Here are some of the Globe’s highlights:

California Chinese Americans ‘Outraged’ at Governor Newsom’s Visit To China

Evan Symon at the Globe talked to Chinese Americans and reported:

“Chinese Americans in California have become more and more critical of the Governor making the trip, as well as outraged that Newsom has not pressed harder on issues ranging from human rights to stopping illegal fentanyl coming into the U.S.”

Grace Li, a coordinator of many Chinese clubs and groups in Southern California, added that “Newsom’s trip there is a disappointment. Him and his trip have come up often in the last week or so, and members from all these organizations are confused as to why he is there. He could have easily worked out deals from California and not go over there and cozy up with the communist government. But he did. Does he realize that this is the same government that is committing genocide against the Uyghur people? That has no freedom of the press? That has blocked most of the internet off? That bans Democratic images?”

“Newsom doing something so callous is mind-boggling.”

The Non-Presidential Candidate Gov. Gavin Newsom is Going to China, Israel

The list of terribly important California issues, and bad policy decisions is long – Governor Newsom’s California, can be partially summed up this way in this incomplete list of disastrous policy decisions:

• Water rationing
• Highest taxes in the nation
• businesses fleeing to other states
• Dramatically increasing crime
• Cities in decline
• multiple labor unions striking
• growing mentally-ill, drug addicted homeless population littering streets with feces and drug needles
• denied housing vouchers in Los Angeles
• reparations for descendants of slaves
• $7.00-per-gallon-gas
• porn in K-12 curriculum
• State mandated secrecy of gender transitioning children from parents
• COVID mandatory vaccine bills
• Single Payer health coverage – Socialized medicine
• public school teachers strikes
• energy shortage, rolling blackouts
• Newsom’s COVID State of Emergency order from March 2020 until the end of February 2023
• Newsom’s Vaccine mandates for school children, days after opposing one for prison guards
• Newsom signed AB 5 into law, killing off the state’s independent contractors

With this list of epic failures, we are looking forward to the DeSantis/Newsom debate November 30th.

Critics Blast Newsom’s China Trip as Publicity Stunt, to ‘Burnish International Experience’

The Globe reported:While Newsom has pushed California heavily towards clean energy and electric cars as Governor, such as signing laws that will have California use 100% green energy by 2045 and only sell zero emissions vehicles statewide by 2035, his trip to China has been called out by many as little more than a publicity stunt.

Gov. Newsom Making Illegal Climate Change Compact With China

Lest anyone think this China thing with Gov. Newsom is fresh and new, in August, the Globe reported:

Following the discovery of the Illegal Chinese COVID Lab discovery in Reedley, which possibly could be CCP Biowarfare Lab, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced he was partnering with a province in China to fight climate change.

“Not a joke” as President Joe Biden would say.

Gavin in China: Visits BYD Electric Car Maker – Company He Awarded $1.4B Mask Contracts

Perhaps the standout moment of his China visit was when Newsom was filmed behind the wheel of the Build Your Dreams (BYD) Company’s newest electric vehicle – while a California Fox News Anchor traveling with Newsom never apparently puts 2 + 2 together.

If BYD rings a bell, you’ll recall that Newsom purchased $1.4 Billion of masks from Chinese company BYD at outset of COVID pandemic using taxpayers funds. Oh yes, it was. #corruption – electric vehicle company creates mask division at outset of Covid.

Sen. Feinstein wasn’t California’s only politician with ties to China:

Garcetti, China Scandal Exposed, Just Hours Before Ambassador Vote

It was only in March that the lid was blown off of former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s “Mayor’s Fund,” which had received well over $1 million in donations during Garcetti’s tenure from two wealthy individuals with ties to the Chinese Communist Party’s intelligence community. We haven’t heard much from the former Mayor since.

Fortunately, there are members in Congress who do take the China issue seriously. The Globe reported:

Select Committee on CCP Chairman Gallagher Discusses Recent California Trip

In April, a bipartisan group of lawmakers led by House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) traveled to California for several high-level meetings with industry leaders, including studio executives from Hollywood, tech industry leaders in Silicon Valley, AI executives, and leaders from the rare-earth minerals mining industry, the Globe reported. “Most of us who do national security work know it involves Taiwan,” Rep. Gallagher said. He noted that Wall Street and the tech industries are involved in Taiwan, and China’s threats to invade the island country make it imperative to address. And Gallagher says those companies doing business in China can’t ignore that threat, nor can they ignore China’s genocide against the Uyghur people in the north-western region of Xinjiang, China’s largest minority ethnic group.

Never mind any of that piffle – According to the AP, Gavin’s trip to China “shows US-China engagement is still possible on a state level,” HUIZHONG WU, the Associated Press’s China correspondent based in Taiwan reported. “California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s trip to China, with the stated goal of working together to fight climate change, resulted in a surprise meeting with leader Xi Jinping and was filled with warm words and friendliness not seen in years in the China-U.S. relationship,” the AP said, sounding more like Pravda than the Associated Press. “Alex Wang, a professor of law at UCLA who focuses on the environment,” said “California could learn more about offshore wind technologies from China, which is a global leader in using the tech.”

The AP article is syrupy-sweet and nauseating.

Better to end on humor. Jennifer Van Laar at RedState put together The Mocking of Gavin Newsom’s Glamour Shot at China’s Great Wall Is Something to Behold, and included some of the best memes seen in a long time:

It sure beats the views in his home state. 🧟💊💉 pic.twitter.com/RVFM9QAGif

— Mark Fabela (@markdfabela) October 26, 2023

and this doozy:

Sometimes a man is just an idiot.
Ineffective.
The new fragrance from Calvin Klein.
Available at Macy's. pic.twitter.com/CnhxFAScsW

— Jules! (@sparkly_jules1) October 27, 2023

Someone fixed the glamour photo: pic.twitter.com/4DDS6TEiHy

— Bob Becker (@Bob_916) October 27, 2023

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— Unwoke Hope (@Unwokehope) October 27, 2023

These memes would be hilarious if this wasn’t true about California.

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem sums up Newsom, and his trip to China well:

Pictured here is a man who promoted lockdowns, routinely strips individual Freedoms from his citizens, and has little regard for the free market. Also pictured is Xi Jinping. pic.twitter.com/NJOmZ6lRUj

— Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) October 25, 2023

In case you missed this one, here it is again: