Newsom Lets Loose On GOP Trashing Blue Cities: We Create ‘71% of the Country’s GDP’
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) went to bat for the economic power of his state in a recent sitdown with podcaster Shawn Ryan, who is part of the so-called “manopshere” of new media.
“What separates our game from the game played elsewhere is innovation, entrepreneurialism, more patents, more engineers, more researchers, more Nobel laureates in my state than any other damn state, more Fortune 500 companies in my state than any other state. Look that up, because I know people are rolling their eyes and say, ‘No, it’s Texas.’ You’re wrong,” Newsom said.
“It’s true. I looked it up,” agreed Ryan, a former Navy SEAL turned popular podcast host.
“And we’re, by the way, a donor state. We provided $83.1 billion more than we received from the federal government. Texas took $71.1 billion. I’m not saying that to bash Texas, but you know what? Pretty proud of my goddamn state,” Newsom added.
“I saw that too. Can you repeat those numbers?” Ryan followed up.
“$83.1 billion. We provided more to the federal government than we received. The same year that Texas received $71.1 billion more than they provided to the federal government,” Newsom replied.
“So you’re net positive,” Ryan noted.
“Net positive. Nine out of ten of the donor states are Trump states, and I don’t mean that pejoratively: ‘Trump.’” Seven of the ten are Republican states, but nine out of the ten dependent states—welfare states—are Trump states. The donor states disproportionately are the blue states,” Newsom clarified, adding:
71% of the country’s GDP comes from blue counties—these same cracked-up counties with all these crazy liberals. They can’t get out of their own goddamn way and the world’s come to an end. It’s 71% the economy of the goddamn country, man.
Ryan’s full interview with Newsom dropped on Monday and lasts a whopping 4 hours and 12 minutes. He also included a bit of a disclaimer for his audience, noting in the comments on YouTube, “I have made an effort to provide an open platform for all perspectives. For those who have followed the show, I addressed this commitment prior to interviewing figures such as Donald Trump, JD Vance, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and others. Hosting Governor Gavin Newsom is not an endorsement—it’s an opportunity for dialogue. I encourage you to watch the show and form your own opinion.”
Watch the clip above.
