California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) pulled an Uno reverse on Fox News and MAGA supporters after they accused him of being racist over a remark he made about his low SAT score while promoting his new book in Atlanta on Sunday.
After Fox News personalities claimed he made “offensive” remarks to a “Black audience” and Fox News host Sean Hannity posted a misleading, edited clip of Newsom’s talk on X, the governor directly called out Hannity over the “fake fucking outrage.”
In the clip posted by Hannity, Newsom told the event’s moderator, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens (D), “I’m not, you know, I’m not trying to impress you. I’m just trying to impress upon you, I’m like you. I’m no better than you. I’m a 960 SAT guy. And you know, I’m not trying to offend anyone [and] act ‘all there’ if you got 940.”
However, in the full video of Newsom’s appearance, which Hannity omitted, the politician went on to explain that he hasn’t “overcome dyslexia” and he’s still “living with it.”
Appearing on Wednesday’s edition of MS NOW’s “The Briefing with Jen Psaki,” the Democratic governor argued that his accusers “have been countenancing racism in their party for decades” and never acknowledged that he made similar comments in the past to slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
