California Gov. Gavin Newsom, perhaps best described as “seven lying serpents in a skinsuit,” just told a lie so big that even my jaded self had to sit back, take a sip of coffee, and admire the handiwork of whoever steam-cleaned the soul out of his body.
According to a video statement posted Tuesday to X, California under Newsom’s management “grew from three trillion dollars to four and a quarter trillion dollars. That’s a roughly 40 percent growth.”
In just seven years? Impressive, if true.
Meanwhile, poor Florida’s economy grew just 31.2% in that time, and those lazy laggards in Texas eked out even less growth than that, at 30%.
And you know what? It is true. The governor is 100% factually correct. Newsom is absolutely right when he says that “no other jurisdiction in the United States has come close” to California’s economic growth since 2019…
…with one tiny caveat. It’s only the smallest of details, a mere hideous cold sore breaking out on prom night.
You see, California did grow more than any other state, city, territory, or purely imaginary fantasyland in the United States, provided that you adjust every other state, city, territory, or purely imaginary fantasyland for inflation, but don’t adjust for inflation in California.
“We have no peers,” Newsom insisted. Yes, in sheer unadulterated cask-strength gall.
Braver souls than I have tried and failed to make it through the entire 26-second video, but here it is, should you decide to test your mettle.
Hellbound and Down 