‘Instead of Trolling…’ Huckabee, Gavin Newsom Fight on Twitter over Kim Davis
One of the talking points Mike Huckabee has used to argue in support of Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk currently in jail for refusing to issue gay marriage licenses, is that when California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom was the mayor of San Francisco in 2004, he defied state law and ordered the county clerk to issue gay marriage licenses.
The licenses were annulled in the end, but Huckabee has asked why he wasn’t thrown in jail like Davis was.
Well, Newsom fired back on Twitter yesterday, and they got into a contentious back-and-forth on the issue:
. @GovMikeHuckabee you are dead wrong on the Kim Davis issue — we issued marriage licenses because we believed the law at that time
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) September 7, 2015
violated equal protection clause of constitution @GovMikeHuckabee. Once the CA Supreme Court (they interpret the constitution)
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— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) September 7, 2015
Once the court ordered me to stop, I did. I was never in contempt of court — unlike Kim Davis. Get your facts right @GovMikeHuckabee
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) September 7, 2015
"It was only his 12th day as mayor of San Francisco, but @GavinNewsom decided…he was going to defy California law." – SF Chronicle 2/15/04
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 7, 2015
"@GavinNewsom pledges to make SF a sanctuary for illegal immigrants" – SF Chronicle, 4/22/07
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 7, 2015
"In 2004…[@GavinNewsom] allowed city hall to grant marriage licenses to gay couples, an act of civil disobedience…" – Newsweek, 1/16/09
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 7, 2015
. @GovMikeHuckabee instead of trolling — why don't you reply to what I said specifically…just as I responded to what you said.
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) September 7, 2015
.@GavinNewsom What law on KY books re marriage did #KimDavis break? You, on other hand, broke CA law. (1/3)
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 7, 2015
.@GavinNewsom "The California Family Code states that marriage is a union between a man and a woman." – SF Chronicle, 2/15/04 (2/3)
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 7, 2015
"@GavinNewsom's decision to permit same-sex marriages…created a month-long carnival of civil disobedience inside…City Hall" – WaPo (3/3)
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 7, 2015
What respect for fed authority? "@GavinNewsom [said]…no San Fran employee will help with immigration enforcement." – SF Chronicle, 4/22/07
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 7, 2015
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