http://twitchy.com/dougp/2025/12/11/gov-gavin-newsoms-brag-about-running-a-streamlined-and-responsive-state-govt-gets-ratioed-into-dust-n2422723
California Gov. Gavin Newsom continues to lay the groundwork for a 2028 run for the Democrat presidential nomination, and he's doing that faster than track is being put down for the high-speed rail project that will never reach completion. Newsom has previously claimed that President Trump will cancel the 2028 election, so we have no idea why Gavin's even bothering setting up a run for something he said isn't going to happen.
If Newsom does make a run for president, the Republicans are going to have a field day firing back at claims like this:
Governor Gavin Newsom (@CAgovernor) ~ We spell D.O.G.E. — O.D.I.
Long before there was D.O.G.E., California was already streamlining government to be more efficient, responsive, and accountable.
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/1998836685904183604
Jonathan Torres (@JonnyTorres) ~ {Replying to @CAgovernor} This is a parody account, right?
GOP Rep. Kevin Kiley leads off a thorough nuking of Newsom's attempted brag:
Kevin Kiley (@KevinKileyCA) ~ {Replying to @CAgovernor}
$128 billion for a phantom bullet train;
$24 billion in homeless spending "lost;"
$32 billion squandered in EDD fraud;
$650 million on a canceled 911 system.
A true model of efficiency.
Earlier this year Rep. Kiley rattled off a list of examples for how taxpayers are being fleeced by Newsom and California Democrats' high-speed rail boondoggles. The only thing it seems Newsom has "streamlined" is ways to dump taxpayer dollars down a bottomless pit.
Lori Mills (@LoriMills4CA42) ~ {Replying to @KevinKileyCA} Don’t forget the missing "Fire Money"!
Newsom definitely has a different definition of "streamlined" and "accountable" than most other people.
Yeah, Governor Hairgel's notion is of taxpayer funds "streamlined" straight into his pockets and the pockets of his cronies. Nothing but a pure Democrat grift.
🐺 (@LeighWolf) ~ {Replying to @CAgovernor} Such streamline, much accountable.
Marcelo P. Lima (@MarceloLima) ~ {Replying to @CAgovernor} A new parody account! California is the most corrupt and inefficient state in the union. How many tens of billions did you waste on homelessness, just to watch it get worse?
So MUCH government efficiency!
California Republican Party (@CAGOP) ~ {Replying to @CAgovernor} You talk about efficiency and accountability, but your record shows neither. You spent $460 million on a 911 system that doesn’t work, $24 billion on homelessness programs that made the crisis worse, and more than $1 billion in unemployment benefits went to prison and jail inmates. Explain why your administration can’t deliver basic competence.
Governor Hairgel can't truthfully explain anything - he's a congenital liar.
Kira (@Kiradavis) ~ {Replying to @CAgovernor} “Efficient, responsive, and accountable” are - quite literally - the last three words ANY SINGLE CALIFORNIAN would use to describe @CAgovernor Newsom’s government. Sir, tell that to the Pacific Palisades victims.
RBe (@RBPundit) ~ {Replying to @CAgovernor} *CALtrans high speed rail that doesn’t exist and has cost billions has entered the chat*
It's a parody account, but the people who run it don't seem to realize that.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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