After Extending California’s State of Emergency, and Vacation in Cabo, Gov. Newsom On a Book Tour
‘He’s chosen a bad time to go jet-setting’
By Katy Grimes, December 8, 2021 11:30 am
California Gov. Gavin Newsom extended California’s COVID State of Emergency in November into its second year. He recently ordered all students ages 5-11 to receive COVID vaccinations in order to attend in-person school. Mask mandates and vaccine requirements are still in place.
And then he left the country to take a week-long vacation in Cabo San Lucas, leaving the State of Emergency in the hands of California’s Lieutenant Gov. Eleni Kounalakis.
Whenever the governor leaves the state, he relinquishes the governorship. So Lt. Gov. Kounalakis has been acting governor quote a lot.
And now Gov. Newsom is traveling the country on a book tour. “Despite a wave of smash and grab robberies throughout his state, Governor Gavin Newsom is leaving California to promote a new children’s book he wrote,” the DailyMail reported.
“Newsom is beginning the tour for Ben & Emma’s Big Hit in New York City this week, leaving California on Monday.”
Gov. Newsom even had time for an interview on The View:
COMING UP: California Gov. @GavinNewsom joins #TheView co-hosts LIVE to weigh in on the latest headlines and share about his new children’s book, ‘Ben and Emma’s Big Hit.’ pic.twitter.com/GxYBgdCET9
— The View (@TheView) December 8, 2021
“Gavin Newsom is off to NYC to promote his new children’s book. This comes after 3 days in Nevada, a week in Cabo, and a mysterious 13-day disappearance,” Assemblyman Kevin Kiley (R-Granite Bay) also noted in a post on his website.
As the Globe reported after his mysterious October disappearance, Gov. Gavin Newsom, back from his two weeks of “family obligations,” said on Tuesday that wearing masks will remain one of his mandated orders – “for your safety and those around you.”
“Winter is coming. Winter is here,” he said at the California Forward conference in Monterey, sounding more like a scene from the Hunger Games. “COVID is not taking the winter off.”
And neither is crime taking the winter off, as California’s horrific crime wave has achieved national attention, despite politicians’ attempts to deny this.
“The wave of group mob-style smash and grab robberies around the Golden State continued on in California over the Thanksgiving holiday period, resulting on the ramping up of police protection despite some departments facing strained resources following defunding efforts,” the Globe reported.
“He’s chosen a bad time to go jet-setting,” Kiley said. “Just as courts have stopped all 3 of Biden’s mandate orders, the Orange County Board of Education, led by Mari Barke, has filed a lawsuit to terminate the State of Emergency. The premise is simple: a Governor doesn’t get to end the emergency at his leisure. He’s required to do so ‘at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant.’ The Court made this clear in my case against Newsom:”
“The Emergency Services Act is not a statute of indefinite duration…The Emergency Services Act obligates the governor to declare the state of emergency terminated as soon as conditions warrant.”
In Gallagher and Kiley v. Newsom, the Court based its decision on the need for a Governor to respond quickly to emergency conditions. This suggests that if the Governor vacates his office to go on a book tour, it’s no longer legally an emergency.
This is the ultimate lawsuit, as ending the emergency terminates all other orders automatically. Granted, the courts have failed us time and again. But with Newsom barely ever in California, they’ll have a harder time ignoring what a farce this has become.
Newsom’s kids book is about growing up with Dyslexia, as he says in this pinned Tweet from Sept. 30th announcing the book release date:
Growing up, I struggled with dyslexia.
Eventually, I found my confidence on the baseball field.
I wrote this book, Ben and Emma’s Big Hit, in hopes of helping other kids who are struggling with learning differences.
Out December 7th and on pre-sale now! https://t.co/GZT9uofr9Z pic.twitter.com/mEdUktRhEA
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) September 30, 2021
The responses were poignant:
It really is striking that Gov. Newsom is ordering children vaccinated and masked at school, while he travels around the country selling a children’s book.
Others commented that the governor is using his office to sell his book. And some questioned where the proceeds of the book will be going.
Twitter can be a contemptuous place, but with Gov. Newsom still not conducting live, in-person press conferences, the Capitol press is mostly kept away from him, and has been since March 2020. And he rarely gets a difficult question anyway.
These Twitter commenters ask viable questions. Their governor has been remote and unaccessible now for nearly two years.
Assemblyman Kevin Kiley has repeatedly asked his Assembly and Senate colleagues to end the State of Emergency which will also terminate all of Newsom’s executive orders automatically… to no avail. It’s apparent the Legislature likes keeping the Capitol in lockdown and the public away.
This mom got it right in her reply to Gov. Newsom:
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Exactly right. If Newsom can go jet-setting to hawk a children’s book —- especially after his recent disappearing acts and only laughably thin excuses —- we are not under a state of emergency. By definition.
By the way, why is writing a children’s book always the go-to activity for our most loathsome and lightweight politicians? Remember Kamala also wrote one. Never mind that she embarrassingly lectured young students about the wonders of space, but I digress.
Reviewers at Amazon have not been especially kind about Gavin’s book, but because he didn’t illustrate it and probably didn’t write it (“by Gavin Newsom with Ruby Shamir”) he is probably spared from having to take it personally. Amazon helpfully cooperated by calling it “The #1 Release in Children’s Bullies Issues,” which I thought was amusing. If you don’t laugh, you’ll cry when it comes to this arrogant, narcissistic, and sadistic failure of a governor.
Laughable!
What is funnier believing he pushing a children’s book he “wrote” or Hillary Clinton reading her “acceptance” speech she always dreamed of in a Master Class series?
These people are egotistical sacks of garbage. They deserve all the negativity thrown their way. People are hurting and this is how they see fit to make the country stronger. Honestly these are shills, wake up people.
HA! Cali Girl, I didn’t even know that about Hillary. Or if I did know it I forgot it. Maybe you were joking? Hope so. 🙂
I wish I were joking. Her “Master Class” is being promoted on NBC. Willie Geist will be interviewing her on Sunday morning. The teaser was hysterical. The news clip showed part of her dramatic reading.????
As empty shelves Joe says, “ It’s no joke man!”
It should be a Master Class on Illusion of Grandeur.
Wow. Her cluelessness is beyond belief.
So you haven’t heard her TEARFUL rendition of her reading??? It’s PATHETIC…. but that’s today’s Democrats for ya….
He could write a second a second book titled “O is for Obfuscation”.
Newsom is just going about his normal KING duties, living large, and making the peasants suffer
His next move will be to require all schools to buy the books. Since this book is written at a (California) high school reading level he may require that all “grads” read the book.
The Onion and the Babylon Bee have nothing on the bizarre reality show we have out west. File under “you can’t make this stuff up”.
Governor Climate Change’s next book should be “C Is For Climate Change”. Of course it would be the biggest fairy tale since “Mother Goose” and “Grimm”. Because everyday is “climate change”according to Governor Climate Change. If the weather is cold, warm, hot, windy, rainy, snowy, or even “normal”, it is all due to “climate change” according to Governor Climate Change. Can’t wait for his next book!
This governor terrorizes the people of California with mandates, job firings, masks. He shows utter contempt for parents for stripping them of authority around masks, shots, “gender affirming” clinics and puberty blockers. He releases prisoners from prisons, opens the borders wide open for illegals, and allows criminals to pillage our stores.
All while partying, vacationing, and flying in jets.
He is shameless — and soulless.