Newsom's "Very Bad Month"

Newsom was supposed to deliver his State of the State address today, but he just announced it’s cancelled. Given the train wreck he’d have to defend, I can hardly blame him.

A New York Post headline says it all: “Newsom Very Bad Month.” That may be an understatement:

Prop. 1 is so close to failing that Newsom is frantically trying to get rejected ballots “fixed” to “find votes.” Pollster Mark Baldassare says the campaign faltered because it “centered around” the deeply unpopular governor.

The latest job numbers show unemployment has increased again and is second highest of any state.

New population numbers show California lost a net 338,371 people to other states over a one-year span.

I emphasized this point last week, when I was invited to speak to the Washington press corps with the House Budget Chair: Biden’s disastrous economic playbook has already been fully implemented by Newsom in California. We can’t let him continue to foist it on America.

As we fight to stop Newsom’s failures from spreading, we’re also counteracting them in California:

We are nearing 600,000 signatures in the initiative to end Prop. 47. If you have friends or neighbors who’d like to sign, just direct them to End47.com.

I’ve filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court next month to enable California cities to clear out homeless encampments. (See my Floor Speech on the case)

After decades without new water storage for California, we secured $200 million in federal funding last week for Sites Reservoir.

Since I drafted my letter to universities that still have COVID mandates, several have already dropped their absurd policies.

Meanwhile, I joined Sean Hannity to discuss the fallout from my questioning of Special Counsel Hur, which has put the White House in damage control mode. Things keep getting worse for Biden and Newsom – which means they can finally get better for our state and country.

Kevin Kiley
California Congressman

Never Second Place

Congratulations to Gavin Newsom. California now has the nation’s worst unemployment out of all 50 states. Newsom adds this to other accolades: most poverty, homeless, U-Hauls rentals. When Reagan said California "should never take second place," this isn’t what he had in mind.

Another Newsom first, of course, was the longest school shutdowns. Even the NY Times just acknowledged what a calamity this was. Armed with the Times’ brutal findings, I gave a speech on the House Floor today condemning Newsom for the worst political failure of the 21st century.

On the brighter side, we had a very successful committee hearing yesterday. My Resolution to overturn Biden’s national version of AB 5 passed on a 21-13 vote. My Free Speech on Campus Act also passed the committee, as did legislation I’m sponsoring to support charter schools.

Meanwhile, my letter to the "Ignorant 50" – universities that still have COVID vaccine mandates – is reverberating across higher education. It has generated wide press coverage, and several of the universities are now finally dropping their mandates.

This comes as 600,000 people have now signed the petition to End Prop. 47. With a month to go, we’re on pace to qualify for the ballot over Newsom’s fierce opposition. If you requested a petition, it’s on the way; if you know others who want one, just share End47.com.

And the Supreme Court will hear the Grants Pass case on April 22, after I filed a brief urging the Court to reverse the 9th Circuit. The circuit court’s decisions, covering western states, are responsible for rampant homeless encampments in public spaces.

These two measures – overruling Newsom on crime and the 9th Circuit on homelessness – could be a new birth of sanity for California.

Kevin Kiley
California Congressman